A hexagon box is the polygonal box, set to six
This is not a separate template. It is the polygonal box generator opened on six sides, a 50 mm side length and a lid — the settings people mean when they search for a hexagon box. Change any of them above and it keeps working; turn the sides up to eight and you have an octagonal box.
What you get
Four pieces: a wall strip with a fold at every corner and fixing flaps along the bottom, a hexagonal base, then the same pair again a little larger for the lid. Roll the wall into a loop, glue the end tab inside the first panel, fold the flaps in and glue the base down on top of them.
Sizes worth knowing
- Across the flats is 1.73 × the side length.
- Across the points is 2 × the side length.
- The wall strip is six side lengths long plus the glue tab, so a 50 mm side needs a little over 300 mm of paper across. If that is wider than your sheet, turn on multi-sheet printing and tape the marked pages together.
Questions
- How do I work out the side length?
- For a hexagon the distance across the flats is 1.73 times the side length, and across the points is exactly twice it. So a 50 mm side gives a box 87 mm across the flats and 100 mm across the points. Type the side length and the drawing follows.
- Can I make an octagon or a pentagon instead?
- Yes — the number of sides is a field, and anything from three to twelve works. This page just opens it on six because that is the one people ask for by name.
- How does the lid fit?
- It is a second wall strip and disc, drawn slightly larger than the base — by the clearance you set plus two board thicknesses, because the wall stands inside it on both sides. Set the lid height to zero for an open tub.
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