EGG SHELL
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It is a personal shelter, made of cardboard.
For when you want to relax, when you want to stay closed, when you want to work.
Size:
- W : about 1.0 meter
- D : about 1.0 meter
- H : about 1.2 meter
Time required for production: about 1 day
Material
- Corrugated Cardboard - 800 x 800 x 3 (mm) , 10sheets
- MDF - 700 x 400 x 5.5 (mm), 1sheets
- (MDF - 700 x 400 x 2.5, so many * for the seating surface)
Tool
- Laser Cutter - trotec Speedy 300 ( 726 x 432 mm) +link+
- CNC Router - Shopbot ( 2438 x 1219 mm ) +link+
- V-bit 1/2 - inch
* You can make it without having a CNC router. by hand
Software
- Adobe Illustrator CS6
- VCarve +link+
It has published how to create a Shell.
We will release the data of the seating surface, but please make it according to the tool and material when making it.
Making Cutting Data (for CNC Routers)
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First, let's make machining data with CNC router
(If you make it by hand, please DL the data, then print it and paste it on the material.Then please cut with a cutter.
The blue line is a line that makes a groove. The red line is a tear line)
- Enter the size of the material. (In the case of Corrugated Cardboard 3 mm)
- Set the drill to V-bit and set to cut the blue line by 1 mm.
- Set to cut the red line at 3.2 mm.
- Set the hole to be opened with 3.2 mm
Downloads
Cutting Shell Parts
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When you have data, cut the material.(In case of shopbot)
Move the shopbot with the data created in Step 1.
Cut out each required number of parts.
Cutting Joint Parts
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Cut the MDF(5.5mm) with a laser cutter
Cut out each required number of parts.
Downloads
Assembly
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Let's assemble the cut parts.
Joint parts from A to X are fitted in 2 parts for each side of each shell part.
Everything is completed and it is completed
Option Seat
Please cut the mdf 2.5 mm with a laser cutter and assemble it.