Tiny Keepsake box with Two Bamboo Hinges
After last week’s exploration with wood hinges, a couple of people suggested to me that instead of using wood dowels or metal nails, bamboo skewers might make a good substitute when it came to the pin that moves the hinge. And why not! Bamboo skewers are pretty hard and durable and quite thin too.
I decided to make a tiny box with some 1/4” maple I had on hand, and to really explore this hinge concept I went with two hinges, so two lids that open up. And for closure I made little handles that sit in place.
To make this design work I cut out little ledges on the sides so the lids rests on those. For construction I went with nails again, simply because I wanted to explore the lids design and make sure that worked well and not introduce any other factors that could go wrong!
All in all the little box turned out quite nice and it was a fun little experiment. I think it’s safe to say that bamboo skewers are a good option if you want to make your own hinges - certainly a better option than dowels and they provide more flexibility than nails.
For a full view of the build, make sure to check out the video!