LoveBox - The box of love

Step 5 The Box

I needed some kind of inner lid in the box so that it's innards wouldn't spill out or be seen because it really looks awful in there.

I took a CD case and cut out a fitting piece of plastic from it and spray painted the bottom of it with a golden color leaving a hole where the display is beneath it. It really didn't turn out that bad for this application as a LoveBox. For a DecisionBox as a gift to a CTO maybe a some other covering would look better.

The box should be turned on when it's opened. But most switches are activated when pressed, not when released, so I tried to make my own switch using a safety pin that would be pressed down when the box is closed and springs back up when its opened, but I didn't succeed with it.

After a bit of rummaging in my junkboxes I found a miniature microswitch that has both a normally open contact as well as a normally closed. After fitting that switch in a corner of the box it worked like a charm.

Comments

[rocotillo]

you must have some time on your hands. just buy her flowers. the results are the same.

[shangrilarcadia]

the results would not be the same. flowers take little thought/effort. a woman is much more touched and impressed by taking the time to create something personal.

[matseng]

It only took two evening to make this, and it's fun to actually do something physical. My days are usually spent reading and writing reports and attending meetings so this is an welcome break from that. Besides, if I'd buy her flowers she probably just suspect that I had been cheating on her.... :-)

[thinkdunson]

that, plus this is way better than flowers. they know the difference between you taking time to do something, and you putting absolutely no thought past "this bouquet or this one?".