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The science bit
This box is a square anti-prism with the following properties. It’s top and bottom are 108mm squares, one is rotated 45° to the other, the vertices are joined using eight equilateral triangles. It contains an octagonal liner or tray which can be placed in either half of the box allowing either the dark or light side to be the lid. The lid may also be rotated 45° to give a squarish box with bulging sides and collapsed corners.
The usual suspects
Dimensions
Box – 152mm across corners x 92mm high (wall thickness 6mm)
Liner – 95mm across flats x 80mm high (wall thickness 5mm)
Materials – Solid Rosewood and Bird’s Eye Maple with Steamed Pear Liner and lipping.
Adhesives – PVA
Finish – Spray Satin Acrylic
A drawing to help make the design clearer (for the hard of thinking)
A rendered image of my original TurboCAD model

All faces of the box are flat and the wood grain follows all the way around the sides.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com
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42 comments so far
MasterSergeant
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#1 posted 384 days ago
Wow, just plain WOW! You lost me, but I love the finished product ;-P
-- Kelly, woodworker under construction
jeepturner
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#2 posted 384 days ago
Outstanding concept and design.
I resemble that remark, “A drawing to help make the design clearer (for the hard of thinking)”
I like the box as it sits in the second to the last picture the best.
Thanks for posting it.
-- Mel
hairy
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#3 posted 384 days ago
Keep it coming, Candyman! Super!
-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...
Yuri
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#4 posted 384 days ago
Intriguing. You are not running out of the ideas with every new box you make. I’m amazed.
-- Live to Learn
BritBoxmaker
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#5 posted 384 days ago
I agree, Mel. Pictures re-configured.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com
TedM
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#6 posted 384 days ago
I just know that it looks cool! ;)
-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - Please visit http://www.woodworkersguide.com and sign up for my project updates!
shipwright
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#7 posted 384 days ago
Just a great exploration of geometry and form.
To me the flat sided one is all balance and sophistication while the kink sided one is its somewhat awkward cousin.
In a way a mirror of many of life’s relationships.
The workmanship is of course superb.
You continue to amaze Martyn.
-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/
SPalm
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#8 posted 384 days ago
That is wild!
It is fun to get my mind wrapped around it. A lot going on there.
Well done, Sir.
Steve
-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon
stefang
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#9 posted 384 days ago
Fabulous box Martyn and all the more interesting due to it’s geometrical dna.
-- Mike, American in Norway
choppertoo
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#10 posted 384 days ago
In freakin’ credible.
Your boxes continuously intrigue and boggle my mind. Thank you for sharing.
-- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.. Michelangelo
steliart
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#11 posted 384 days ago
What an amazing design Martyn!!!
I love the way you always think out of the box for the box :)
Your imagination is running wild here… so when I look at the last two photos with the lid rotated I could not stop thinking that the last photo it’s male and the one before it female… so I look at it as duality box.
Thanks for sharing Martyn
-- I am not so rich to buy cheap tools.
itsmic
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#12 posted 384 days ago
Great Box, very interesting idea there, fine craftsmanship as usual, Great job, thanks for sharing
-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing
majeagle1
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#13 posted 384 days ago
Fantastic Martyn…... talk about geometrically challenging, this takes the cake!
Great design and beautiful execution !
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
Ken90712
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#14 posted 384 days ago
Another amazing design from the master. I always look fwd to seeing notification when you post. This is think way outside the box! I think the pun was intended! LOL great work.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
KnotCurser
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#15 posted 384 days ago
Martyn,
As always, you leave me both impressed and severely confused. ;-)
Great work – this looks amazing – love the contrast!
-bob
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
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