April 20, 2026
Description
A coaster that's built like a piece of chainmail. 11×11 small cube hubs
(every hub a single rigid solid) are linked to their 4 neighbours by
pairs of 45°-tilted rings. Prints as one part with no supports, peels
off the bed as a flexible grid that settles around a glass and doesn't
slide on the table.
Size: 80 × 80 × ~5 mm.
Print orientation: flat on bed, single color, no supports. Every
ring and arm is self-supporting because the rings sit between cubes
that are taller than the ring top (cube_H = 5 mm vs ring top ~4.94 mm).
The tops of the hubs carry a recessed MtG forest ("g") glyph by default
— visible under good light but intentionally subtle. The SCAD exposes
cap_symboland cap_textso you can swap in any of the other mana
symbols (w u b r g c, numerals, chaos, etc.) or spell out a short
phrase across the grid instead.
Flexible in one axis: drapes over curved surfaces easily (see the
side-on photo); stays flat under a flat glass on a flat table.
Material: PLA is fine and bright; PETG is a bit chewier and
survives hot cups without deformation.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution