Venus Box

Original design as a challenge to develop a unique opening box. When done, resembled one of Bender's eyes. A co-worker said it looked like a Venus Fly trap, so named it "Venus Box". A cam actuates 4 doors by rotating the spherical cover (or base). Remains securely open or closed. 4 inch diameter, the whole thing snaps together, and prints without supports. Print Cam at 0.3 or lower, with 2 shells and 20% infill. Print Cover at 0.3 or lower, 2 shells, 20% infill. Print the doors at 0.2 or lower, with 3 shells and 20% infill. NOTE: Trim the triangular nuggets off the door hinges, they're only there to help the build. Slide the doors together, posts go into the hooked holes, don't snap these t... This hosted file keeps creator credit and license details.

Print details

  • Difficulty

    beginner

  • Materials

    PLA suggested; confirm scale and supports in your slicer before printing.

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File metadata

  • CAM.step

    SHA-256: cab6fb4371e546cf18435d7f3bd3914e346c4f4a9aa953844479ec55e240fff3

  • CAM.stl

    SHA-256: e1e84a2337f817eca799be472f5b2627c27bfe7a2bcd26658ad995817212ab64

  • COVER.step

    SHA-256: a268313e2b2b267c91737cc90254c7c6a0d62804a2c08f99df09279e70779e8b

  • COVER.stl

    SHA-256: ec180af29699f50557269c57b3e7c8c5cf55fbcded3134ad2b54961568e3ca27

  • COVER2.stl

    SHA-256: 79fbe867aa5440ed9dba53acb806316451795cfde76c1143d5fcf1793fe5f756

  • COVER3.stl

    SHA-256: a2604db1f5b61eab6232eabbcfead33f73b8b79f7cb2753265e5943753ce0844

  • INDOOR-NT.stl

    SHA-256: 6a3e97f70fc9d2adc0aa7123b15c37bd0ebb80e5252a72122bf5b4fac91c615d

  • INDOOR.step

    SHA-256: 3eda395dbc48ed4102bc8526d413ea3fca578a3d135cbd4c5cdc4e1a7fe8adad

  • INDOOR.stl

    SHA-256: 509b88d8f82c48f367bf210ac0e0ff30a0e1d04ec637cc225a9e838f0862886e

  • OUTDOOR-NT.stl

    SHA-256: 2c2fc7136ab667dec8d13d46fba0a1a4bcafd22519f5dd16d59de390f72a2cca

  • OUTDOOR.step

    SHA-256: 381149c94b5f006e77620ee1c2907dad111ca909043a1ec58aa08edcdc23d83e

  • OUTDOOR.stl

    SHA-256: ce967c7262aa2e1e0470052dbb6f38b72049c9c8f9cc30787f1554eb59a5fea3

Attribution

Venus Box by Prot0typ1cal (the original source). License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Source: the original source