Napkin Holder

Not a fan of wasting things, and I had a lot of left over clean napkins. I also don't like looking at them... so, I made a napkin holder at Techshop with the laser cutter!

http://techshop.ws/

First I measured the napkins to get the dimensions for the inside shape of the box. I designed the holder in CAD to manipulate how I wanted the finger joints to look like. Then I exported a DXF file of each part, then laid that out in Corel Draw to laser cut it out.

Use wood glue to glue the joints and the bottom frame together

The top cover is just held on by gravity. I made little brackets on the inside of the cover to prevent it from slipping side to side. This was positioned using a piece of wood and a little bit more space for tolerance. Glue all four brackets to the inside face of the cover

Load up your napkins and use!