Clamp Box by J_Hodgie
Clamp Box by J_Hodgie
J_Hodgie recently uploaded a design for a clamp box to Thingiverse. Even after seeing his Flickr stream showing all of the parts and the stages of it opening I didn’t quite get how it worked at first. Each of those six “T” shaped prongs sticking out from the lid have a little protuberance that fits into a groove at the top of the box. When the gear/lid is rotated counter-clockwise it will pull the six “T” shaped prongs into the lid and lock it shut.
This design is just so cool. It’s got a gear for steampunk style, a satisfying rotating mechanism, and creates a box that will confound and surprise someone the first time they pick it up. After all, who would expect the cap of a jar to expand as you open it?
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5 Comments so far
elspeth
I like it. What color is that?
Aaron Kondziela
That is so freeking cool!
Robert H. Morrison
This was so cool I just had to print one immediately.
BTW, you rotate it clockwise to CLOSE the lid and counter clockwise to OPEN it.
MakerBlock
@Robert H Morrison: *snort* Yeah, maybe in AUSTRALIA. (Actually, I have no idea what I’m talking about.)
Zgbot
This is one of the “have to print items of thingiverse”. Wows everyone that sees it and is 100% printable (even more amazing).