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ALPHABETICAL INDEX / HOW TO MAKE BOXES. These pages can be downloaded under "boxmaking".

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5-panel sleeves ... 2, 10
6 x 4 x 2” box ... 32
15 steps to make a box ... 6
Adjusting tray dimensions ... 10
Adjusting sleeve dimensions ... 43
Advantages of making boxes ... 35
Adhesives ... 39
Adhesive sheets / laminating ... 39
Aluminum foil ... 40
Aluminum foil laminates ... 40
Appendix ... 38
Architectural model ... 17
Archival material suppliers ... 36
Bibliography ... 35
Binder clips help when gluing ... 44
Blank, drawing of ... 5
Book boxes ... 24
Book protectors ... 24
Box, Clamshell ... 25
Box costs (list) ... 9
Box sizes which can be made from a 24” x 36” sheet ... 8
Boxmaker Originale (tm) ... 5
Boxmaker Universal ... 30, 31
Boxmaking, 15 steps ... 6
Boxmaking in a nutshell ... 4
Brace, corner ... 23
Buildings on boxes ... 17
C-flute corugated ... 33
Cardboard thickness ... 7, 29, 38
Cardstock boxes, clearance between tops and bottoms ... 29, 43
Cardstock thickness ... 7, 29, 38, 43
Cereal boxes ... 22
Clamshell box ... 25
Clearance between tops and bottoms of boxes ... 29, 43
Cloth boxes ... 17, 39, 40
Cloth covered boxes ... 17
Compartments ... 19, 20
Concave panels ... 46
Corner brace ... 23
Corner forming tool ... 44
Corner protectors ... 20, 23
Corrugated cardboard ... 33
Corrugated cardboard scoring adjustments ... 10
Corrugated cardboard thickness ... 7, 29, 43
Corrugated crush scoring ... 30
Cost of boxes ... 9
Cover stock thickness ... 7, 38
Crush scoring corrugated ... 30
Curved boxes ... 45 - 47
Curve-scored edge panels ... 46
Curve scoring ... 38, 45, 47
Curvulator(tm) ... 38, 45
Decorating hint ... 5
Depth defined ... 10
Doors and windows ... 44
Double line scoring ... 32
Double thickness walls ... 12
Doublecurve boxes ... 45
Edge protectors ... 20, 23
Elegant book boxes ... 24
Elements of boxes: sleeves and trays ... 2
Fabric boxes ... 17
Fancy box ... 17
Food boxes ... 22
Glueless box ... 15
Hot melt adhesives for laminating ... 39
Hot melt glue gun (#13) ... 7
Household boxes ... 34
How big should a box be? ... 8
How much weight should go in a box? ... 8
Index stock, thickness ... 7, 38
Internet links ... 36, 37
Introduction ... 1
Joined boxes ... 18
Laminated paper and cardstock sheets ... 39
Layouts ... 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25, 32
Length defined ... 10
Material: dollar saving of smaller boxes ... 9
Material, laminated ... 39
Material thckness ... 6, 7, 29, 38
Metal boxes ... 40
Model buildings ... 17
Nesting boxes ... 16
Nominal dimensions ... 43
Origami box ... 15
Origami box, scored ... 41, 42
Origami material ... 40
Paper and Cardstock weight and thickness ... 7, 38
Paper thickness ... 29, 38
Parallelogram boxes ... 22
Peak top box ... 17
Pentagonal boxes (see note) ... 5
Pillow boxes ... 47
Pinch box ... 19
Planning construction ... 6
Pressure sensitive adhesive sheets ... 39
Profit by making boxes? ... 31
Protectors, corner / end ... 20
Pythagoras theorem ... 23

Quick layout ... 16
Recycled boxes ... 22
Regular slotted carton ... 13
Reverse Tuck-top ... 14
RSC ... 13
Rules of thumb on
boxmaking ... 33
Saving money ... 9
Scoring, double-line ... 32
Scoring, method #1 and #2 ... 26
Scoring slot ... 26
Scoring pad ... 26
Scoring table ... 27, 28
Scoring, widths of scoring slots ... 27, 28, 29
Scoring spacers ... 27, 28
Scoring tools ... 29
Sealing method ... 7
Separators ... 20
Shipping cost savings ... 9
Shipping tips ... 33
“Size does not go into size” ... 43
Size of box ... 8
Sizes of boxes for household stuff ... 34
Sleeves, examples ... 2, 10, 18, 19, 21
Sleeves, making them ... 4, 10, 11, 13
Small, cloth covered boxes ... 17
Smaller boxes ... 9
Soda cans ... 40
Spacers ... 19
Storage cost savings ... 9
Strip-wrap boxes ... 21
Strong tray ... 12
Table of contents ... 3
Telescoping box ... 8
Telescoping boxes ... 11
Telescoping boxes, how to make them ... 5, 11
Telescoping trays, clearance ... 29, 43
Template ... 6, 44 (item 8)
Terminology of box dimensions ... 1
Thickness of material ... 6, 29
Thickness of paper & cardstock... 6, 29, 38, 43
Tips on shipping ... 33
Tips, tricks and techniques ... 44
Tools needed ... 6, 7
Toy buiding ... 17
Trays, examples ... 2, 10, 12
Trays, making them ... 4, 11, 43
Triangle box ... 14
Triangle ... see “note” -- 5
Tuck-top box, reverse ... 14
Use of boxes ... 6, 34
Universal boxmaker ... 30, 31
Universal layout for sleeves and trays ... 11
Universal plan for a cardstock origami box of any size ... 41, 42
Weight of paper and
cardstock ... 38
Weight of filled boxes ... 33
What size should a box be? ... 8
Who makes boxes? ... 34
Width defined ... 10
Windows and doors for models ... 44

Table of contents for “ORIGAMI BOXES FROM PAPER OR FABRIC –THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BOX (MASU) AS A BASIC STRUCTURAL UNIT”


Page Contents

50) Introduction
51) The basic origami box (masu)
53) Design table for the masu
54) Folding snugly fittring box bottoms and lids
54) An insert for locking the four inside tabs of the masu
55) Folding divier inserts
57) Design table for (side-to-side and corner-to-corner) divider inserts
58) Folding rectangular-face masus
59) Design table for rectangular-face masus
60) Folding a closed masu (puzzle box) from a single square
63) Beyond the traditional masu
63) Appendix O/1. Design relations for the traditional (square- face) masu
63) Appendix O/2. Design relations for the side-to-side and
corner-to-corner divider inserts
63) Appendix O/3. Design relations for rectangular-face boxes
64) Glossary of origami terms used in the text