7 Color Stoli Dice (Not a multicolor Print, Customizable)

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Stoli is a nice mix between Jenga and Tetris. You stack colored pieces onto a seesaw and who ever topples the tower loosed. The original game design uses a standard dice, which is fine, but you need to sort the items in advance for easy game play. There are dice available that use icons on their side, but without a multi color printer they need manual coloring to be “readable” and in the end they don't look nice. So I invented a dice with 6 colored icons, so you need 7 colors in total. However it is possible to just use two, three or four colors by using the cube as an insert. Please read the printing instructions below before starting, as there is some manual labor involved. Two Color Version Print the cube model first. Print the shell model with “pause at layer”, insert the cube while the print paused and continue. Three Color Version Print the cube model first. Swap the color after a few layers. This allows you to highlight and differentiate the joker (circle) at the bottom. Print the shell model with “pause at layer”, insert the cube while the print paused and continue. Four Color Version Print the cube model first. Swap the color after a few layers and a few layers on the top. This allows you to highlight and differentiate two faces. Print the shell model with “pause at layer”, insert the cube while the print paused and continue. Seven Color Version Print the color plate model in each color. Preferable use the same colors used for the Stoli-tiles themself. For the “Joker” side (the circle), choose a different color. Print the shell with “pause at layer” and insert the plates while the printer is in pause mode. The bigger side need to be facing outwards. Keep in mind to place the right color behind the right Stoli shape. After placing the bottom plate, dropping a little glue to the bottom is helping, but not required. Once the four sides are in place they should hardly move. At last place the top color (again glue may help here) on and continue printing. Printing Tipps This is not an easy print, but also not very hard if you know your slicer. The main issue is that you need to print without supports on the inside, as you need to fill the cube mid print. I used Cura, so if you want to use a different slicer, you are on your own to adapt this documentation. First use tree support for the shell. This creates clean dice walls. Avoiding support on the inside is easy. Load the shell and the cube model at the same time and reset the positions using the context menu. Both should be centered at your build plate. Now select the cube object and change its type. There is a button in the tool menu on the left, where you change the type from normal to support blocker. Now use the move tool in the same side menu and untick the auto place option and change the z value in the same UI-Element to 2 as the default wall size is 2mm and we want the support blocker all the way up. The auto place option needs to be disabled, or z would always be reverted to zero, but we want the cube 2mm in the air, as it is not a regular print, but a support blocker. Now the cube is centered within the dice. If you have trouble printing some of the dice walls (material missing) try to disable retract or fix your retract settings. Disabling retract will add more stringing, so fixing the issue in forehand is the better solution. Next is adding the "pause at height" plugin. Use the button left from the “slice” button and add it to the list. Make sure the first option is “Pause at Layer” and the second, the layer number, is 110. If you change the model size, you need to change the layer number. It is always the layer, where NO roof is visible. Just slice the model, determine the layer in preview mode and use the value here. The Option “Keep the motors engaged” is important as we must avoid any xyz movement while cleaning the print and inserting the colors. Last but not least there is “park print”. It needs to be enabled and the coords below need to be away from the center of your build plate to have space to work on the model while it is stuck. When done right the print should pause shortly before finishing the print. You can push the tree support away from the print, as it has done the job. It should break of easily. Now make sure the inside of the cube is more or less free. If there is stringing, then remove as much as possible. Now insert the cube or the 6 color plates. The big side is facing outwards. Also keep in mind that the quality of the edges does not matter. I printed mine with the small side on the build plate, so I printed at 45° upwards as the center of the color plates big side is the only thing visible at the end. The top color plate is a hit and miss, as the printer tends to lift the plate up and throw it away. You may want to glue it in. Hot glue is an option, here. I used universal hobby glue suitable for plastics and paper. Hot glue may also give the dice a little extra weight. If you want to use the two color print and want to print the cube, you can color swap at the bottom and the top if you like. At least the bottom is a nice touch to at least highlight the joker. Continue the print and with a little bit of cleanup you got a perfect 7 color Stoli Dice. Customization As always I included the FreeCAD model, which includes a spreadsheet with the model data, so you can change the model to your liking.

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