Folding Can

I made a flat packed can. The can is made out of one polypropylene sheet.

Because of the connections it's easy to assemble or dissasemble.

It's possible to make with a lasercutter.

If possible print it on one large sheet of paper.

If not, you can print it on different sheets of paper and stick them together.

Place the paper sheet under the plastic one and trace the image with a marker.

Cut the outline out of the sheet.

Cut out the handles.

Watch out for the special shape of one of the handles!

Make cutouts and incisions for the connections.

Make light cuts with your cutter knife at the place where the folds need to come.

First the pink ones then turn around and cut the green ones.

Cut very lightly, you mustn't cut through the sheet.

Use a solvent, for example nail polish remover to remove the marker.

Fold along the lines you've cut.

The folds must be on the opposite side of the cuts.

By using the laser cutter, most of the lines can be cut carved out.

4 lines still have to be cut by hand.

Then the can is finished.

Step by step folding the can.