The Skull Tome! (to celebrate the Printables Club!) (Patreon)

Hello, wonderful people!

The whole Printables launch thing felt like it deserved something special, and this is a model I'd been working on for a long time: the Skull Tome!  It's a book-shaped box!  With skulls!  What more could you ask?!  It also has some very specific sizing both inside and outside - let's have a look...

Well, first, let's look at how this thing works!  The cover/lid swings open by splitting the spine of the book in two, rather than just having the hinge sit on the spine itself.  This allows the pivot point to be set back into the book itself, rather than on the outside, which in turn keeps the lid closer to the body of the book while open.

So, those size constraints!  Well, first and foremost I wanted this to fit cards that are 90mm tall and 64mm wide, which is the larger of the two standard playing card sizes and used for many game cards, too.  So, that meant that the volume of the main body of the book had to be at least those dimensions (plus the thickness of the walls, of course).

However, I was also determined to make this printable on a 180mm print bed, and that's where the design of the hinges comes in, and one reason why the cover prints vertically instead of flat.  The other reason, of course, is that that the skull wouldn't work face-down!

Print Description

This is an articulated print, so ensure your bottom layer is nice and neat and that there aren't any print issues like stringing or overextrusion that might bind moving parts together!

Optional Magnets

There are spaces for magnets in the top and bottom edges of the book body, and in corresponding places in the lid.  These are purely optional, of course and just keep the book a little more firmly closed than it would be without them.

If you'd like to add magnets, you'll need sixteen of the magnets we always use around here - 6x3mm cylindrical ones!  Of course, you could use fewer than that, too, depending on how much magnetism you want to add :)

Multimaterial Files

Both single- and multimtaerial versions are provided.

Note that the multimaterial files are intended for use in machines that can print in multiple filaments in the same print, like Prusa MMU, Bambu AMS, and Mosaic Palette - they are not meant for separate printing and assembly :)

Print Dimensions

The Skull Tome occupies 172mm x 172mm on the print bed and is 123mm tall.

Supports Needed?

Not at all!  Designed for straightforward printing!

Scalability

The biggest issues you'll have with scaling this one are 1) the hinge will get looser or tighter, and 2) the magnet holes will no longer fit the specified magnets.  But you should try it anyway because that sounds like fun :D

Print Orientation

The Skull Tome prints open, the the cover positioned vertically, like so:

File Location

You'll find this one at at 562 Skull Tome

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

Further Thoughts

I know what you're thinking - give me some dividers!  There are some on the way, including some generic trays intended to be easily customisable.  In the meantime... happy printing! :)

xoxo

Sven.