Tuck Box Assembly

[Happy003]

 Hello Everyone,

 This is my first post so if its in the wrong section please let me know. I'm working on a new deck series and thought about assembling the tucks myself. Does anyone have any experiance with this? If the tuck has fold lines I would assume the process wouldnt be difficult. Without fold lines maybe a nightmare is my thinking. Also what glue would be ideal?

Thanks

[Don Boyer]

 Hello Everyone,

 This is my first post so if its in the wrong section please let me know. I'm working on a new deck series and thought about assembling the tucks myself. Does anyone have any experiance with this? If the tuck has fold lines I would assume the process wouldnt be difficult. Without fold lines maybe a nightmare is my thinking. Also what glue would be ideal?

Thanks

I would imagine that somewhere on the internet there's a template for tucks - but I would also imagine that someone, somewhere is selling plain white tucks pre-made and ready for you to decorate.

Did you want to assemble all the tucks for an entire deck print run yourself?  Sounds like a project and a half.

[Happy003]

 Thank you for the reply Don. I found the answer to one question from the printer. Tuck boxes do come with a fold line so getting a good fold is relatively easy. Like you said it would be a project and a half. However, on my current project USPCC upcharges $2.40 for the tuck we want. Going straight to the printer you pick them up for $1.20. So it saves you $1.20 per deck plus whatever the discount USPCC would give for mailing the cards in plain white tucks. One would obviously have to weight the work of doing it yourself vs the cost of paying someone to do it. The one answer I still haven't found is the best type of glue to use.

[shimmering]

I am interested in this as well. There are certainly some projects and situations where it could be better to do this sort of thing yourself. Now I am pretty sure that the famous playing card designer Jackson Robinson has posted on another forum about how he sometimes did his own tuck box assembly. I am not sure he gave any detail in what I read though. I think at one point he was also printing his own tuck boxes on his own printing press, but I got the impression he was talking about assembling tuck boxes that he had not printed, or giving advice to others to do this. Could be misremembering though. And I certainly don't remember anything about the type of glue. My instinct would be to use diluted PVA, and that you would need some sort of form (solid template) to have inside the box for the moment of gluing. But yes I would be interested to hear from others with experience.

[Happy003]

 As far as something being inside the box when gluing it one idea would be to use a glass deck. I think there is a deck made of plexiglass called an Omni deck (I think). That would be perfect for this.

[Happy003]

Shimmering,

 I figured out how to do it. Honestly it’s not too bad.

[shimmering]

very pretty!

so any details?