Snickers Sewing Tin
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Apparently the vintage Snickers (and Twix, and all-varieties of Wrigley gum) tins are the stocking stuffer rage this year. I am a semi-compulsive nifty container collector, semi-reformed (tins, etc... don't get me stated on wooden cigar boxes), and being a fan of Snickers, I couldn't pass it up. Stumbled across them at Bed Bath & Beyond in the holiday tchotchkes isle for ~$6, but just found more in my local supermarket seasonal isle for ~$4 (HEB, for you Texans needing a small sewing tin - what a weird venn diagram that is). Once it was empty, I had no idea what to do with it. That is,until I had to move for the **N**th time out of my way the flimsy packaging of a sewing kit. Hey! a dozen little spools of thread would fit nicely into that tin, with room to spare. But they just rattle around and that's no good, and certainly not the mark of a civilized individual! To the drawing board! The end result is this model. A tray designed to hold the spools in place, each on their own little post, and a handle to lift the tray in and out. To one side is a place to add a pincushion (obviously not added here, but a tiny bit of fiber-fill and some scrap cloth glued to the inside will do the trick, once I get around to it) because needles are fine and dandy for the sewing, but you'll likely need some pins to hold things in place at some point. Additionally there is a magnetized sewing needle holder. The magnets do double duty to hold the needles to the holder, and fasten the holder to the inside of the tin. The thread I have in the kit is essentially this: **[Singer Mercerized Cotton Hand Thread, Assorted Colors, 12 Spools](https://www.amazon.com/SINGER-Mercerized-Cotton-Thread-Assorted/dp/B002PNV8VK)** Or, you can populate it with any mini-spools of thread that fall somewhere around the following dimensions: 21.5mm wide x 26mm high x 8mm hole The magnets were some I had gathering dust from a previous project, and are 6mm wide x 2mm thick. Fasten them into the holes with a drop of CA glue, and the holes are snug enough that they will need a bit of a poke to snap them in properly. Possibly snug enough that you may be able to do without the glue, but glue is cheap insurance that you won't have to put them back in, 'cause they ain't coming out easily with the magic of CA. I would advise that you ensure the magnet poles are all aligned in the same direction. I'm including two versions of this model: - A split version with left and right pieces, and a separate handle for smaller format printers. When I printed this, the tolerances on the dovetail joint were very snug, The models uploaded here have been adjusted to have a smidge more clearance, so __hopefully__ it is snug-ish, but not so much you can't slip them together. One unintended bonus is that the handle can be printed laying down for added strength. - A whole version that can be printed as a single piece for lager format printers.
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