Pen Gift Boxes

[GregD]

Anyone out there with a wooden pen gift box handy???
Please send me the measurements. Length, width, Thickness. I don't have any on hand.

I have a couple of orders where the customer wants a box made from their wood. I tried to talk them out of it but you know what they say, "The customer is always right!"

 

[ctEaglesc]

Depends on the style of pen.
Normall the recesses are 5/8ths radius Ibut I have found that is too narrow for some of the larger sizes. When I make mine I make them with a 3/4 bull nose bit.
Over all length of a box I have from WC is 6& 3/4. Dimension closed is 3/4".
Width is 2&1/8th but that is a double box.I think they use the same measurement for single and doubles.
When I first started making pens I made my own boxes trying to do production runs.
Time consuming and trying to keep the book matches together was a pain.
I know I didn't make any money on them but I have customer who insists I make her boxes.
Even at $15.00 per box I am losing money.
It's a shame because most of the finishes on off shore boxes look like cra*

 

[GregD]

Thanks Eagle, that should get me started. I don't really want to make the box but that's the way it goes I guess. [8]