December 17, 2025
Description
We are a homeschool family, and my WIfe has an old manipulative set that was missing quite a few pieces. This started with just wanting to replace the missing pieces, but then grew into an entire new set with a 1000 unit that doubles as a storage container.
The main profile is for an entire “kit”. 5 100 units, 40 10 units, and 100 single units. They will all fit inside the thousand unit case!
I'm also adding profiles for single thousand case, 100s, and 10s. Then one for 10x singles. So when some invitably disappear, just come back and make some replacements. I also made these to match the dimensions of the old set that we already had. So if you just want to make a case for your existing base 10 blocks, or print some replacements without building an entire set (It's quite a bit of filament at ~700g), these should work for you as well!
Enjoy!
NOTE: I played around with lower infil and thicker layers to see if I could bring the print time down and save filament. While this did work, the end result felt a little too weak for my liking. Considering these are used with a wide age range of children, I came to the conclusion that the longer print time is well worth the end result!
License:
Standard Digital File License