To describe the project as simply and clearly as possible, I will explain it by referring to the images in turn, describing in detail the procedure, tools, and site references that I have used. The software components and the SVG designs for laser cutting are available as open source on GitHub (https://github.com/alicemirror/SandMachine).
Laser cut: 1
All the components of the octagonal container — the dome — and the box container have been created with 3mm plywood. The pieces have been designed using the online tool MakerCase (https://en.makercase.com). After setting the sizes of the box and the thickness of the material, plus some other details, from the website, you can download the vectorial file in SVG format that can be directly applied for laser cutting.
I chose the ‘finger’ edge option to design the structure, including the joints; it is possible to indicate the number of fingers, and, depending on the size of the parts, the
