Today I'm showing a box made for a Christmas present this year. It is made from 12mm MDF. After spraying with a white primer, I finished it with a satin finish red spray paint. I did the design in Corel Draw and lasered it, setting it up so it just removed the paint layer revealing the wood beneath it.
The lid was fixed on using brass butterfly hinges but because it was quite heavy, I attached some ribbon to stop the lid from toppling back and breaking the hinges.
Of course, I left everything to the last minute as usual and had a bit of a nightmare engraving on the design - the belt on the laser pinged off when it was three-quarter of a way through .... arrggh! Our lovely technician saved the day and after a bit of jiggery-pokery I managed to re-align the laser and complete the job. Yay!
Anyway, the recipients were really chuffed with it which makes it all worth while.
Happy New Year!
