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Skull Double Deck Box

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It's a box for cards, and it has skulls on it! But what actually inspired this design was wondering if I could make a hinged-lidded box with lots of detail on the li...

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Slimline Sleeved Card Box

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It's a card box, but it's for sleeved cards! And this is a very simple, no-frills, sensible box, unlike the other box for sleeved cards that's being posted at the s...

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Pixel Coasters

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Remember those Fragment Coasters from a little while back? They were fun, but just lacking a little...resolution. Which is why there's now this dotty pixel version ...

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Castellation Collapsing Cup

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This slightly-wobbly cup is formed from a set of concentric bands with inscribed tracks that drive the components up (or back down) when twisted! This one actually s...

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Curlicue Vase

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One of the fun challenges with vase mode is features and detail into a design that don't necessarily feel like they can be part of a model that needs to stick to h...

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RPi 3, 4 and 5 Clamshell and Chonky Cases

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The clamshell case for the Raspberry Pi 5 had a great response, but the most common one was "are there versions for the Raspberry Pi 4B and Raspberry Pi 3B?" And now...

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Raspberry Pi 5 Multiscreen Assembly

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I do love struts and giant bolts, and all electronics work better with giant bolts, right?

Before we get to all the details, let's clarify what this actually is...

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Raspberry Pi 5 Clamshell Case (with stands!)

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Someone recently asked me if I was going to make a case for the new Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer.  I didn't even know there was one!  Fortunately, m...

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RotoMagno Containers

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I really liked the Dial Box from a little while ago, with its twist-lock magnetic closure, but I really wanted to see if the idea could be scaled down to a much small...

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Hyperboloid Cup

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I really like the idea of producing different inner and outer surfaces in vase mode prints!  The concept is reasonably simple, really - just manipulate the o...

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Battlement Dice Tower (and storage!)

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Is there a more soothing sound than dice clattering down a 3D printed tower?!  Maybe the sound of many dice clattering down together?  One of the things ...

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Vase Mode Steampunk Lighthouse

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How complicated can we get, and still have a valid vase mode design that can be printed with one single unbroken perimeter?  Well, evidently we can go nuts a...

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Kinematic Case

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I love mechanical linkages and things that move things that move other things!  Push that bar at the front and the lid flips open, driven by two-piece lever ...

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Lodestone Latch Box

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Well, this was a complicated one!  It's a snap closure box that uses magnets as a spring to keep the lid securely shut until released via a sliding switch! ...

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Waffle Stack Box

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Another entry in the Questionable Food Choices collection - waffles!  No longer is the kitchen waffle maker the only machine in the house that can make waffles. ...

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Fragment Coasters - no multimaterial needed!

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I have a bunch of printed coasters that I use every day. I tend to accrue mugs and glasses on my desk, each sitting neatly on a printed coaster from the stack i...

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Dial Box

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The way mechanical things interact is always a source of fascination for me, and that's really what brought this little box into existence!  The Dial Box is ...

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Peculiarity Box (with festive holly option!)

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Oh textures, where would we be without them!  As you've probably guessed, I got caught up with the deep buttoning texture used in upholstery, and somehow that en...

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Convolution Vase

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The Convolution Vase is a sweepy, twisty organic vessel that nonetheless has a definite precision to it!  The twisty tendrils merge, split and merge again as the...

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Myriad Vessel

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Are you tired of containers that don't have ridiculously over-complicated mechanisms to open the lid?  Me too!  Fortunately, the Myriad Vessel comes to the ...

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Modular Festive Foliage - Adventures in Scaling!

I like the idea of models that are built up by successively larger parts.  In fact, I've made models like that before - the Fractal Tree comes to mind!  But in that model there were a ser...

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Gothic Deco Flask

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The world is full of inspiration!  Sometimes that inspiration comes from looking at interesting venue ceilings when you're supposed to be paying attention to ...

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Multibaubles!

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It's vase mode bauble time again!  There's something really satisfying about coming up with ways to make shiny, baubly things that print with a single wall, but ...

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Transposition Tank (and a big thanks to Alex at Protopasta!)

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Well, look at this complicated bunch of gears and threads!  It will not surprise you that I set out to make a mechanical design that was intentionally convoluted...

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Popsicle Box (single-material print!)

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Yes, it's another entry in the questionable food choices boxes collection!  Someone seems to have taken a bite out of one of them, though :)  

The Pop...

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Stair Jumble Vase

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Vase mode printing, as we know, has a particular constraint in that angles just can't be too far from vertical, and that's in both the angling-up and angling-down ...

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Mechanical Coffin Box (single- and multimaterial)

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I got this one done with just a few days to spare before Halloween! 🎃

I had a few requests for a larger, more secure take on a Halloween-style coffin box, an...

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Triplicity Tub

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You might remember the Japanese Weave Tiles from a little while back.  I really love that style of weave and I wanted to work that into a vase mode print.  Now...

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Anonymous Tome and Taller Sea Meadow Jars

Anonymous Tome

It's another version of the Skull Tome, but this time slightly simpler!  We already have the aforementioned skull decoration as well as the Compass Tome v...

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Normal Mode Poison Bottle

My little cat is a fearsome creature!  Okay, so maybe I just caught her mid-yawn :P

Vase mode is great, the robustness of vase mode prints suffers as things scale up (unless of course yo...

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