Sandtray Box for Sandplay Therapy

My wife is a counselor. I enjoy making things to help with her work, such as this "fried rice" toy set:

Fried Rice Sandbox Toy

My wife is a counselor who does “play therapy” at a primary school. She has a sand tray and some toys that kids can play with during their sessions. Sometimes she asks me to 3D print things for the kids to play with. For example, I printed this little shovel

Made By NathanNathan Broadbent

She also does sandplay therapy so she asked me to make a sandtray box with a drawer.

This woodworking project turned out to be a lot more difficult than I expected. I made a lot of mistakes, the project stalled a few times, and it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. But I finally finished it, and my wife is happy with it!

I started by designing it in Autodesk Fusion:

Here is the Fusion archive file in case you want to make your own version:

I used the awesome Mapboards Pro add-in to create a cut list for a single 2400.0mm x 1200.0mm sheet of 17mm plywood.

MapBoards Pro | Fusion | Autodesk App Store

MapBoards Pro arranges bodies in a model optimally on boards, leaving your model untouched. You can then use Autodesk® Fusion® additive manufacturing or output a flat panel in SVG or DXF format.

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I 3D-printed a router guide so I could use my Bosch router with my Makita guide rails. I used it to cut the grooves and rabbets:

Here it is being used in my wife's office: