May 10, 2025
Description
Used a stylized dovetail pattern to split the small tracker book into two parts. The split pattern I chose already provides some structural support in the X and Y direction, and for structural support in the Z direction I added dovetail slots along the split line and included dovetails keys to fill those slots to be used with a bit of glue.
It's not ideal having to split the gorgeous original model, but 220x220 print beds (like on my K1C) or smaller are very common, and I think the dovetail pattern I went with gives a pleasant look to the design.
Largest part (the tracker/book part) now only requires an area of 151x137 mm, whereas the original required 249x137 mm.
So, for a single small tracker book you'll need to print the following:
Also included a folder with 5x3 magnet holes instead of the original 6x3, since the former is what I had at hand.
Printed on a Creality K1C with a 0.4mm nozzle, using 0.24mm for the layer height, except for the text, which was 0.12mm via the Height Range Modifier in OrcaSlicer (range between 34.0 and 34.4). Used tri-color (red, blue, orange) silk PLA for the covers, pins, and wheels, white PLA for the pages, and black PLA for the text.
The star-like pattern on the covers was achieved by using Octagram Spiral for the Top and Bottom surface patterns. I think all modern slicers support this. In OrcaSlicer you can set the pattern in the Strength tab, in the Top/bottom shells section.
I only did the small book, because I didn't need the version with the spell cards. Please let me know if you need the larger tracker book split using this pattern and I'll give it a shot when I get the chance.
Note: The included pictures depict prints with shallower dovetail slot (and shorter key): 1.4mm vs the safer 2.0mm depth included with the models.
License:
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