TOPIC: 3D-printed token holder

so, i've yet to actually play td; but i've been bitten by the token-collecting bug + have assembled a fun if not very impressive bit of kit.

naturally, i wondered how best to carry them into the dungeon. the token sashes spoken of in this forum are quite nice. but having gone w/ the defender set, i wondered if i couldn't find something a bit "harder", almost armor-like.

a walk around home depot yielded some interesting if complicated ideas.

then i thought, surely someone's 3d-printed something.

a browse through thingiverse.com/ was fun if unfruitful.

shapeways yielded one model for a ring: shpws.me/oJXJ

but i didn't just want a ring. so, having never touched the office makerbot before (i have stared at in use--quite hypnotic), i decided i'd have a go.

after many hours of cursing at google sketchup + many more hours of waiting for each prototype to finish printing, i think i've arrived at something.

perhaps not in time for gencon, + not as inexpensive as i'd have liked, but still a satisfying experience.

i've uploaded it to shapeways: shpws.me/vmvH

the cost has no markup on it, only what shapeways charges to print.

if any of y'all feel like buying some on a lark, do send pictures.

+ if, goddess forbid, they don't work as advertised, while i can't offer a warrantee, i will print you replacements on the makerbot here. it'll just take a few weeks! (if anyone hasn't seen a makerbot in use, think dot matrix printer speed vs laser printer--so slow. but hey, it's the future, right?)

Interesting! I can't wait to see that in action at Gen Con this year.

Now if they could be made to snapped together into an 8.5x11 page or frame they could be used in binders.

That is a great idea - you should quickly patent it!

Suggestion make 1 that has the hole for the three ring binder and another that doesn't (only if you have to) and they can be snapped to make your "page".

Friction fit?

the aperture on the front of the holder is 36mm in diameter, which exposes the token's label only (for the most part), + keeps it in place on that side.

behind that is a 41mm band that the token sits in + gives the slightest bit of wiggle room, enough to spin the holder around the token in a satisfying way.

i tried a 40.5mm band, but the token wouldn't always sit well (might be that the printer's resolution isn't fine enough or perhaps the tokens i tried weren't uniform circles at .5mm; likely the former).

on the back are four posts which rise 1mm past the token's height (~4mm; the holder's width is 6mm) each w/ a 1mm thick inset.

1 pair of posts have .5mm wide insets, leaving a 40mm gap between them--enough for the token to brush past. the other pair of posts have 1mm wide insets, leaving a 39mm gap--too small for the token to pass.

one inserts/removes a token by angling 1 edge of the token under a 1mm inset post, evenly lowering the token down to squeeze between the .5mm inset posts, + then applying a purposeful bit of force to bend back the other 1mm inset post to let the token under it.

i tried a version w/ all .5mm inset posts, + while the token held in place, it didn't feel secure enough; a version w/ all 1mm inset posts was unworkable as the plastic didn't have enough give (or i lacked the finger strength) to bend back 2 of the posts at the same time.

i'm happy w/ how it came out in the end. my first versions were composed of 2 halves that snapped together, but the holder looked big + clunky when snapped together.

i'm thinking a 4 x 5 grid of them linked together w/ jewelry hoops + hung around the neck w/ some cloth might be fun to wear.

cdsmith/MasterED: are binders something folks carry into the dungeon? or is for organizing one's overall collection?

David wrote: cdsmith/MasterED: are binders something folks carry into the dungeon? or is for organizing one's overall collection?

I carry a Dansco Album into the dungeon with me. It has 7 pages that can hold 9 tokens each. It allows me to set up 3 characters at optimal level (both fighters and the paly) and 7 more that are at least decent.

It takes surprisingly few token changes to have a viable Cleric, Wizard, etc.





I store my more valuable tokens that are not being used for builds in a binder. Here is my old binder but I got a zippered binder recently.

so. my friends + i had a blast on each of our runs at this, our first gencon. i'll post a thank you on the gencon thread shortly.

unfortunately, life has a habit of getting in the way of things + i wasn't able to get the token holder idea to a state that i was happy w/ showing publicly.

www.dropbox.com/s/y4su684wykhvgif/True-Dungeon-armor.jpg

also, having now experienced the dungeon, i have my doubts about the holder's practicality. if one were "purped-out", i could see wanting to show off the kit; but in terms of filling out the party card + having consumables ready at hand, i think a coin sleeve may be less cumbersome.

i may iterate on it a few more times for fun + see where i end up; but i'm more keen to start thinking about what next to print up...

thanks for the feedback!