Cuttary Container

We designed the "Cuttary Container"! This functional kitchen tool serves more than one purpose. Not only does it allow you to use the top as a cutiing board, but it has saved storage underneath. It is also convenient because you can easily slide the cut or chopped food into the open slot. This makes it easy to tranfer the food from container to container!

• Autodesk Fusion
• 3D printer
• Table Saw
• CNC Router
• Planer

To begin our project we first had to brainstorm and create our design. After discussing many approaches to our idea, we finally decided on one that utilized the space as much as possible. We sketched out our design several times until we got all the dimmesions, shape, and orientation.

Our next step was to take our idea on paper and transfer it onto CAD. Once on CAD, we designed the containers we were going to use in our design. On the other one we built the cuttng board with the slots we needed. This step took the longest time becasue we had to decide on the measurements we wanted. We didnt want it to be too small, but we also feared the piece woudl be too bulky the more wood we added to it. We settled on container dimesions of 3" x 3" x 6.825".

This third step is the most crucial step. Actually building the prototype takes time and the ability to make alterations to the design as needed. Using our 3D printer, we printed out 6 of the containers we designed using a white PLA. To begin the box part of our design we first had to make the cutting board for the top. Using several peices of wood, we glued them together and sanded the piece down to create a smooth cutting board. We used the CNC router to precision cut the hole in the cutting board for easy distribution into the containers below. For the rest of the peices we planed, cut, and glued them into place. At last, after every piece is glued together we have our final project.