#hexagonal box

[zhalfirin-binds]

WIP - hexagonal box Part 3

EDIT: see the finished box here

This lid was a bit more tricky than the rectangular one, because of reasons the opening is not even and I had to adapt my lid accordingly to fit in. It’s a bit loose but at least it fits.  Also I pared the leather some more from about 0,8mm (as I used it for the corners of the box) down to 0,5mm. This was almost too thin and I got close to getting some holes in it from the grain. It was way easier to work around the corners though. I always have trouble to get the inner and outer lid well centered and as an additional challenge here, I had even more corners to match and a not exactly symmetric shape to work with. (I mean, LOOK AT IT! it’s really incredibly off center -_-) I came up with a solution though and now I simply prop up the inner part on some thin cardboard, then I put the outer part on top, align to my liking and let the glue take hold before I carefully take it off again and weigh down with some small weights. I’m a bit ashamed it took me literally years to come up with that idea...

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