The book (dice box) of the dead - The Mummy

This is a remix of poblockim's Book of the Dead template on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4153270

and

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4713357

I wanted to make a dice box, pencil box,... for a friend who plays jdr. And since we play mostly D&D, and there are huge makers, I wanted to incorporate some props I found to track spells and hit points. (you can see them on one of the pictures).

I made the box in 5mm plywood with a saw, a cutter. Wood paste to smooth it all out and varnish to finish.

I added the printed parts. The latches are removable and allow you to release the cover with the beetles.

For this I used a M6 rod that goes through all the pieces of the edge. BE CAREFUL to glue only the end caps to the rod once the other parts are inserted so that the latches remain removable.

Small neodymium magnets are inserted in the latches and in the beetles to "close" the box.

BE CAREFUL to place the scarabs last so that the latch/scarab holes coincide.

For a better grip, I still added magnets between the box and the cover to keep the cover in place even when the latches are removed. (You can't see them on the pictures : there is a magnet at each corner of the box).

The effects in the wood are made with a dremel.

I have attached the blender file that I worked on. I left all the modifiers not applied if you want to change the size of the magnets, rod, etc....

If you use the model as it is you will need :

8 to 12 magnets of 5mm diameter and 2mm height


1 rod (not necessarily threaded) of 6mm diameter and about 190mm (for the left edge)


2 rods (not necessarily threaded) of 6mm diameter and about 30mm (for the right side)


2 wooden panels 5mm x 200mm x 160mm


a box of 30mm x 190mm x 150mm

EN VERSION

This is a remix of the remix poblockim's Book of the Dead model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4153270

and

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4713357

I wanted to make a dice box, pencil, ... for a friend who plays tabletop RPGs. And since we mainly play D&D, and there are huge makers, I wanted to incorporate props that I found to track spells and hit points. (we see them on one of the photos).

I made the box in 5mm plywood with a saw, a cutter. Wood filler to smooth it all out and varnish to finish.

I added the printed parts to it. The latches are removable and allow the cover to be released with the beetles.

For that I use an M6 rod which crosses all the pieces of the slice. BE CAREFUL to only glue the end caps to the rod once the other parts have been inserted so that the latches remain removable.

Small neodym magnets are inserted into the latches and beetles to "close" the box.

BE CAREFUL to place the beetles last so that the latch / beetle holes are face to face.

For better grip, I still added magnets between the box and the cover to keep the cover in place even when the latches are removed (we don't see them in the photos: there is a magnet in each corner of the box.)

The effects in wood are achieved with a dremel.

I have attached the blender file that I worked on. I left all modifiers unapplied if you want to change the size of the magnets, rod, etc ...

If you are using the model as is you will need:

8 to 12 magnets 5mm in diameter and 2mm high


1 rod (not necessarily threaded) 6mm in diameter and about 190mm (for the left edge)


2 rods (not necessarily threaded) 6mm in diameter and about 30mm (for the right edge)


2 wood panels 5mm x 200mm x 160mm


a box of 30mm x 190mm x 150mm

I used an Alfawise U30 Pro.

No particular settings, the parts are pretty simple.

I think I've printed everything without a backing and in 0.2mm.

I used orange PLA from eMotionTech of RepRap France.