Mini book and parametric display V2

Mini book and customizable rotating display so you can have your read eBooks along your actual books!
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updated April 27, 2025

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I don't want my eBooks to get jealous so I made this display. The design is inspired in those rotating shelves/displays that some stores have. 

You'll need:

  • A glass vase. Mine is one of those used to store food.
  • Lots of magnets. I used 5x2, but you can change it in the Solidworks files.

What to change in the files?

  1. Choose how many rows of books you want. This will depend on the depth of your vase and the spacing between the books you want. Download the file.
  2. Change the “outer_diameter” and “inner_diameter” to the ones of your vase.
  3. Change the “vase_depth” to the one of your vase and substract 1 mm so the cylinder doesn't touch the bottom.
  4. Change the “columns” if your vase is wider and you want more books per row.
  5. Change the “spacing” between rows.
  6. Change “magnet_diameter” and “magnet_thickness” if yours are different. Bear in mind that you'd probably have to change the “wall_thickness” if your magnet is too thick.

The book is a remix from here: https://www.printables.com/model/197996-tiny-secret-book. I changed the proportions to the ones of a sheet of paper, made it solid and added the holes for the magnets, that you can also change in the file. However, you cannot change the dimensions of the book itself. Right now it's 40 mm tall.

For the covers, I used a template of 45x39.5 mm in Photoshop, inserted the covers and used AI to extend it to the spine and back. 

The STL is the 3 rows version which I think is the most pleasing one. And I don't think anyone is going to use more than 4.

 

EDIT V2:

Changed the design to just glue it to the lid, easier and better looking. I'll leave both of them so you can choose the one you like. 

Changed the parameters to make them easier to understand. You can change the height, diameter, number of cloumns per row, and to change the number of rows it's easier to just cut the model in the slicer.

Advice: never, ever, use super glue for the magnets, it produces vapors that stain the glass, the books and everything. Use epoxi.

Pig not included.

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