UBUCIKO
UBUHLE NEMPILO
UBUCIKO BEZANDLA
AMASIKO NOMLANDO
EZOKUZIJABULISA
IMVELO
UKUDLA NEZIPHUZO
REVERSE ENGINEERING
IZAYENSI
EZEMIDLALO
UBUCHWEPHESHE
IZINTO EZIGQOKWAYO
Matchbox: Card Drawer, Sleeve and Striking Strip
Tex

Yenziwe ngu-

Tex

14. uMfumfu 2026FO
27
0
0
0
0

Matchbox: Card Drawer, Sleeve and Striking Strip

A matchbox is a drawer sliding inside a sleeve, with a coarse striking surface on the edge. Walker kept his first friction matches (1827) in a tin with a piece of glass-paper.
Oqalayo
An hour

Imiyalelo

1

Watch: how matchboxes are made

The last chapter shows the boxes being made.
2

Cut and fold the drawer

Mark a tray pattern on card, cut it out, score the folds and fold up the sides. Glue the corners with gum arabic.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Iphepha EliqinileIphepha Eliqinile1 ishidi
Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)1 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IrulaIrula
IsikeloIsikelo
Ithambo lokugoqaIthambo lokugoqa
3

Wrap the sleeve

Wrap a strip of card round the drawer, a little loose, and glue the overlap.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Iphepha EliqinileIphepha Eliqinile1 strip
Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)1 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IrulaIrula
IsikeloIsikelo
Ithambo lokugoqaIthambo lokugoqa
4

Add the striking strip

Glue a strip of glass-paper (sandpaper) along one edge of the sleeve.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)Iglu Yesihlahla (i-gum arabic)1 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IsikeloIsikelo
Iphepha LokugayaIphepha Lokugaya

Izinto

2

Amathuluzi Adingekayo

4

CC0 Isizinda Somphakathi

Le blueprint ikhishwe ngaphansi kwe-CC0. Ukhululekile ukukopisha, ukuguqula, ukusabalalisa, nokusebenzisa ngaphandle kwemvume.

Sekela uMenzi ngokuthenga imikhiqizo nge-Blueprint yabo IKhomishane Yomenzi kumiswe ngabathengisi, noma dala inguqulo entsha yale Blueprint bese uyifaka njengoxhumaniso ku-Blueprint yakho ukuze wabelane ngemali engenayo.

Ingxoxo

(0)

Ngena ukuze ujoyine ingxoxo

Kulayishwa amazwana...