Octo-box

My original design of an 8 leaf (double layer) iris box. It uses a linked mechanism, similar to those expanding sphere toys, which allows it to open to a large diameter. In fact any number of leaves could be used for this type of mechanism and many variations of it could be made. The mechanism utilises printed ridged pins and holes which clip together.

I have since designed many other iris boxes which you can find on my design page: https://www.thingiverse.com/BrienAllison/designs including a