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MakeABox.io - the second coming. After 1.3M templates were downloaded from the first.

Over 1.3 million boxes later, MakeABox returns with SVG export, a box preview, two lid configurations, and a fix for that annoying floating-point bug.

2026.10.05

Open Source

Announcing Laser Cutter and MakeABox.IO

LaserCutter & MakeABox.io — its a ruby gem and a website for making PDF designs of laser-cut boxes, which fit/snap in together at all edges using tabs that go in and out. The output of the library is a PDF document. Typically next step would import that PDF into Adobe Illustrator for additions and touch ups, and then sent off to a laser cutter for the actual, well, cutting.

2014.11.20