Sixpin Box (Patreon)

Names are a funny thing, and I fully intended to give this one a more interesting one, but Sixpin Box it was during development and Sixpin Box it stayed.  So named because the lid has, well, six pins on a twisty angle that slot into the box!

Twist boxes are wonderful things, and I've made many of those in years past, but I wondered if I could use that twist idea in a different way, to manage the way a lid connects to a box.  Initially the pins were much longer, twisting outward from the lid, but they really were very impractical and probably prone to breakage, too.  Now the pins are much shorter, but still protrude enough to make the lid twist satisfyingly into place.  They're also long enough that you really wouldn't want to step on that lid in the dark :P

Print Description

Regular mode print!  No particular settings of note, and infill shouldn't matter a great deal.  There's a generous tolerance between the lid and the body.

Print Dimensions

The main body occupies 89mm x 89mm on the print bed and is 50mm tall.

Supports needed?

No supports required!

Scalability

You could certainly scale this up or down a bit, but obviously the tolerance between the pieces will scale, too, and the whole thing will fit tighter or looser accordingly.

Print Orientation

The main body prints right-way-up and the lid prints upside-down, like so:

File location

You'll find this one on Dropbox at 679 Sixpin Box

Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592

Further Thoughts

All my recent twist-type models have been screw threads - I really should do more of these kinds of more abstract twisty things...

Happy printing!

xoxo

Sven.