Collapsible Dice Tower
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A friend of mine asked me to tackle the idea of making a dice tower that collapsed down and fit in a box. After a few weeks for printing and testing I finally finished my design. I designed the openings to always be about 30mm between flaps and the final opening at the bottom. This allowed my MTG life counter dice (the biggest dice I own) to fall through without any issues. The tower is made up of 4 walls, 3 of the flaps, and 6 flap supports. The "p3" and "p4" walls stand for 0.3 and 0.4 mm clearance between the support walls and the T shapes that make up the walls with the flaps on them. While The 0.3mm fits a bit more snug I wanted to be sure people could print the tower and use it without much in the way of sanding or wearing the parts down. the little support pieces for the flaps only have a .1mm clearance so I use a pair of pliers to force them into the home. This works fine for regular dice, but if you use metal dice I recommend adding a tiny bit of glue to make sure it sticks so the flap doesn't fall out while using it. Lastly, the dice tower comes with a case. This case has enough room to fit all of the parts as well as some dice on top. The box also has enough room to fit the dice tower when it is assembled. This allows the small half of the case to work as a fence to keep the dice from rolling away from you as they fall. Just to help close the box I added holes for some 7.8mm magnets I got from home depot (https://www.homedepot.com/p/MASTER-MAGNETICS-0-3-in-x-0-11-in-Neodymium-Rare-Earth-Magnet-Discs-10-per-Pack-07045HD/202526363). I made the holes big enough so the magnets slide right in so just add a dab of epoxy and you're all set! UPDATE 1/7: I have learned something that wasn't planned but is totally awesome! If you decide you want the tower but don't want to keep your dice with it you can print two small sides of the box and the parts of the tower will fit perfectly inside! UPDATE 2/12: To Be Clear, The Parts (for version 1) You Will Need Are: 1 x side 1 1 x side 2 3 x flappers 6 x flapper supports 2 x support walls, either p3 or p4 (0.3mm or 0.4mm tolerance slots for parts to slide into) The box halves are up to you UPDATE 3/17: I made 2 new walls to use. The first is an alternate version of the "side 1" and "side 2" pieces. The alternate version has the flap fall down into a slot rather than placing the flap in its home and pressing the support into place. (I was asked to design this part, but since I also designed the v2 of the sides I have not personally tested it. It was based on the tolerances of the original parts so it should be fine, but I can always update those files if need be) I also added a version 2 of both "side 1" and "side 2" with print in place flaps! They have a piece of support underneath each that need to be snapped apart before they'll move, but this way it removes the need to print the flap supports! So To Be Clear With the Version 2 of Side 1 & 2 You Need: 1 x side 1 v2 1 x side 2 v2 2 x support walls, either p3 or p4 (0.3mm or 0.4mm tolerance slots for parts to slide into) The box halves are up to you
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