Needs no glue or tape to hold together. The outermost panels (of the flat layout) fold and lock into place at the four inside-bottom-corners

Can be scaled up or down to make any size box.

The retail box that holds the Boxmaker Originale(tm) uses this design. In fact, the prototype for that box was made with a Boxmaker Originale.

This design is based on the classic Japanese "MASU" folded box design which is usually hand-folded out of paper.

The Boxmaker Originale makes it possible to easily construct this design out of cardstock with almost no measuring.

Making a typical box of .024" thick cardstock

1. Let's assume we are making a box that will be 10" long, 8" wide and 1" deep. You will need 2 box blanks -- one top and one bottom.
2. Both box blanks should be 16" long (equal to one box length + 6 box depths) (10 + 6" = 16").
3. Both box blanks should be 14" wide (equal to one box width + 6 box depths) (8 + 6" = 14").
4. Score all four sides on the inside of one box blank using the "TOP" side of the boxmaker using the 1", 2" and 3" scoring slots.
5. Score all four sides on the inside of the second box blank using the "BOTTOM" side of the boxmaker using the 1", 2" and 3" scoring slots
6. Each of the three arrows on the right side of the diagram point to the depth of the box you are creating
7. When folded -- the BOTTOM will fit into the TOP. The patented Boxmaker Platen is designed to give the proper spacing.
8. Cut triangular pieces out of all four corners of each blank -- cutting through the 3 scoring intersections in each corner as shown in the layout to the left. The long lines drawn at 45 show these four cuts.
9. Score four short lines on the outside of each box blank as shown by the short lines drawn at 45 degrees.
10. Note that the side walls of the box top and the box bottom are defined by three scores (1) an innermost score, (2) a center score and (3) an outermost score.
11. In all cases, the walls are folded UP on score (1), DOWN on score (2) and UP on score 3. THis sequence will place the outermost wall panel against large inside surface of the box-top or box-bottom you are folding.
12. At each corner, the triangular sections in the corners (shown shaded in the lower right corner) will be folded inside when you fold the wall sections in place. This is a little tricky -- but if you work at it -- you will succeed.
13. The 45 degree cuts on outermost panel of each wall will lock the entire box together at the large inside surface of the four inside corners