How To Make: Mini Box Using Tinkercad For 3D Printing - Tinker Time

In this video I teach you how to create a mini utility box! It can be used for jewelry, lost teeth and more! It has a simple clasp to keep it shut. The hinge will print in one piece and function perfectly after it has been printed. You can also download the file here to print one yourself on Thingiverse.com from the link below:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6586061
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[@JointComedy]

That’s a real nice box you got there. “That’s what he said!”

[@tinkertime1]

Thanks!

[@onecookieboy]

Just starting out with Tinkercad and I'm starting to realise that I can do a lot more with it than I thought, looks like fun. Thanks for the tutorial, well explained.

[@tinkertime1]

Welcome aboard! 😎

[@darkmajinPOL]

im watching vid to see how to make hinge.... when i saw "we gonna borrow that thing" i bursted tea on my monitor man you made my day :D

[@tinkertime1]

😂👍🏻

[@JakobDam]

I've made several hinges in TinkerCAD, the latest was yesterday evening. When I've finished each type of hinge and tested it, I add it to "My creations" so I can easily pull it in to a new project. A simple hinge like this is just made up of 4 cylinders and 2 boxes: Two for hinge's shell for the lid's attachment (which is just made as one cylinder and then booleaned) and 1 for the hinge's shell for the bottom's attachment. All 3 of those cylinders is hollowed out by use of boolean (combine a "hole" shape with a solid). Inside, we have one cylinder spanning the combined length of the aforementioned 3 cylinders. The diameter should be at least 0.4mm less than the inside, but depending on your printer that might not be enough. I've found that 0.6mm is more forgiving for people that use Ender3-series printers, especially older ones such as V1-V2. The two planes I mentioned is just coupled on each hinge section to extend those sections towards the lid or bottom. Hope this made sense ^_^

[@darkmajinPOL]

@@JakobDam noting will give you more knowledge than doing it yourself, i've watched multiple turorial on hinges no single one mentiones position height of hinges, tolerances for printing it just general put 10mm here 9 there and draw a circle there, TBH i was little shocked it worked just by joning borrowed hinge and placing it on model by eye, all my hinges need to be rather perfecly placed or box wont close properly.

[@coalmountain3127]

Great video, I also borrow other stl files and import them however I would like to see how you would build hinges yourself in tinkercad .

[@tinkertime1]

I will post a follow up video for sure! 👍🏻

[@nofluffDIY]

Great video, exactly what I needed... to learn more technique. Comments for newbies: this is not for literal 'first timers.' Instead, watch this after you've watched perhaps 3-7 videos about using the Tinkercad interface. This video shows perhaps 20 techniques, methods, processes, even thought processes that comprise "3D construction thinking." It shows you... copying to resize; resizing numerically; changing view to facilitate adjustments; copying to subtract (with a hole); reuse from another project/ecosystem; rotational snap; alignment in action; that external STLs have things as complex as a working hinge; by inference it shows me that I'm probably moving things around too much... or I don't understand how to keep things on the workplane; and so on. In other words, whereas the true first-timer tutorials show what the interface does, they don't show how/when/why to use each tool. TT, I think you could make another (not replacement but addition) even higher demand video by taking this exact video content... stretching some of the frames...and re-dubbing it with comments for every interface action such as "now I'm zooming with the scroll wheel and right-dragging to see the hinge alignment from the most revealing angle... here I clicked on the up-arrow (the height tool), to reveal the vertical position number so that I can type in a precise number... here I pressed the [?] key to zoom to the part." I've learned over 100 visual tools and learned 16 programming languages over the years; trust me... as good as the Tinkercad interface is, thousands of users could benefit from having that info built into a technique video. Thanks

[@tinkertime1]

Thank you very much for the insight! I think you have great ideas! Stay tuned, as I will definitely put some of that into play for part 2! Thanks!

[@luc917]

great tutorial. This helps as a beginner and provides the confidence to tinker. The exercise and navigation was great practice.

[@tinkertime1]

100% my pleasure! If I can ever be of assistance, just let me know! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video!

[@jorgemanueldibattista82]

Hi from San Luis, Argentina. Congratulation, great tutorial, you make it easy. You've earned a subscriber. Thank you. Cheers!. 🖖

[@tinkertime1]

Awesome! I’m glad I was able to help! Welcome to the family!

[@Loggs_AP]

Great vid. I don’t need to learn it since I already know how to do this. But I see how much it could help a beginner or intermediate tinkerer.

[@tinkertime1]

Thanks!

[@AlonzoWest]

this was a great video... keep them coming!

[@tinkertime1]

Thank you! More to come!

[@TrinityFD]

Why only 88 subscribers?? That was great content and very helpful to me. Thank you!!

[@tinkertime1]

I am really glad I was able to help! Thank you for watching!

[@MemoriesGamingChannel728]

Thank you , I know how to make it now.

[@tinkertime1]

You are very welcome!

[@موضوعآخر]

hi, very interesting tutorial, thank you. is it possible to do something like this with a cylinder or pipe, top and bottom that has curved hing and curved locking mechanism or latch. kind having two pipes that can be folded with hing then joined with a latch or similar.

[@tinkertime1]

Definitely! 👍🏻 Just a few design tweaks, but yes it can be done.

[@hiltong524]

Metric. Thank God.

[@tinkertime1]

Exactly lol 😎

[@mikeblaze3456]

Way too fast for me to follow. New to Tinkercad and at the speed this was presented I was lost in the first thirty seconds.

[@tinkertime1]

Hey Mike, I realize everyone is unique and I am trying my best to make a universal fit for teaching these techniques on Tinkercad. I do want to say thank you for watching and if you have questions about designing on Tinkercad, I would be more than happy to help!

[@theshaman7381]

you can always pause the video...