Japanese Inspired Tea Box - Sukiya Style

This tea box is inspired by traditional Japanese Sukiya wooden houses, borrowing elements such as Shoji style doors. Designed to be both functional and elegant, I also made the teabag divider removable to make it more versatile, feel free to use it as a jewel box or anything you want !

Here are the main key features : 

• Optionnal divider
• Integrated hinges fully 3D printed
• Safely locked in closed position by magnets (Ø6x2mm)

Printing

The main concern will be the warping on the biggest parts, I used glue on the build plate for the two main parts.

Assembly

The first step is to  assemble the light colored panels and frames, the panels can be adjusted easily using scissors to fit as needed.

In my case I did not need glue but you might depending ion the tolerances.

Then to assemble the 2 sides of the box you will need to insert the 3D printed pins by the pointy side first. It should look like this after insertion : 

The last step is to press fit the magnets, be mindful of the polarity in this operation. Here's my method, first insert 2 magnets into one box side then simply place the 2 other magnets on top of the inserted ones, they will flip on the right side then close the box to fit them into their pockets.

Enjoy !