Parametric Tube Container

This is a parametric box designed for storing stacks of round or near-round things like board game tokens or coins. You could use it to store lots of other things, too. Dice, candy, gifts, pens, pencils, crayons, super balls, popcorn, marbles, cables, Arduinos, and more.

The container has an outer sleeve and an inner sliding tray. The sleeve has a nib that clicks into a recess in the bottom of the tray so the box snaps shut. There's a viewing window in one side, meant to let you peek at whatever's inside. There's an optional pull ring that can be enabled on the tray to make it easier to open or to attach a lanyard or hang on a hook. You can set the number of sides; it defaults to a hex box (6 sides), but any increment of 4 after that will work (10, 14, 18...).

The model was designed with OpenSCAD. Use it with Customizer or download the SCAD file and edit it in OpenSCAD. The premade STL files provide an example tube that holds $10 in US quarters, with and without a pull ring.

The photos show a couple of tubes I printed to hold board game tokens.

This script and design are licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial license. As always, if you'd like a different license, get in touch with me here or on Twitter.

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