Camera Aperture Ring Box
Photo credit: Matt Chalker
At first glance, this appears to be a camera shutter, but twist it open, and you’ll find a diamond ring, or any other surprise you’d like. Matt Chalker spent 50-60 hours making the geeky creation above, which opens / closes like the aperture on a camera, to propose to his photographer girlfriend.


Camera Aperture Ring Box
All of the wood that you see is Ipe, while the sleeve is machinable brass and the leaves are bronze shim stock. However, the pins (invisible when assembled) are 0.060″ brass and the cushion is crafted from sliced up NERF darts covered in velvet. Put simply, it functions by twisting the sleeve and the bottom wood base.

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