Resources by Boxford Software

Music Rack

This resource from Boxford provides the information to manufacture of a rack to hold a music system. Exemplar CAD files are presented to aid manufacture of the product using CNC machines and pictures of the finished product are shown. Curriculum links include the use of CAD/CAM in the designing and making process...

Owl Money Box

PCB Board Machining

This video from Boxford shows the process of printing a printed circuit board using a CNC router. It shows the complete process from the initial CAD design through to a fully routed circuit board....

Pegasus

This resource from Boxford facilitates the manufacture of a 3D figure of a Pegasus from sheet material. This could be used as an exemplar for a project to design and make a ‘flat pack’ 3D item or to demonstrate the capabilities of a CNC laser cutter. It includes the CAD files for each of the component parts of the...

Pen Press

This resource from Boxford facilitates the manufacture of a small press that could be used, for example, to assemble the parts of a pen. It includes the CAD files for the component parts and pictures of the assembled press. The press is made from plywood components that could be cut on a laser cutter. It includes...

Pepakura

This resource from Boxford describes the use of CAD software to make a development or net from a solid object, which is subsequently used to manufacture a ‘shell’ version of the original object using card. It includes pictures of a reproduction weapon copied from a popular video game. The net could be printed with...

Phone Chair

This resource from Boxford describes the CAD drawing and manufacture of a cradle for a mobile phone from acrylic sheet. It includes exemplar CAD files and a picture of a completed product. A work booklet gives step-by-step instructions to produce a CAD drawing of the product, so that it can be manufactured using a...

Photo Machining

This video from Boxford...

Plastic Hourglass

This resource from Boxford describes the manufacture of an hourglass. It includes exemplar CAD files and a picture of a completed product. The flat screen of the hourglass can be made from clear acrylic, separated by wood or thick card. The stand could be made from coloured acrylic or wood. All of the parts could...

Ride on Tractor

This resource from Boxford describes the manufacture of a child’s toy from CAD drawings. It includes exemplar CAD files that could be used to manufacture the component parts using CNC machines. There are screenshots of the CAD layout of the components and pictures of the assembled product. The toy is made from...