This is a spinning colored pencil carousel with room for up to 72 pencils, a basket for a sharpener and eraser, and a handle for easy carrying. The base has sixteen 9.5mm (3/8") bearing balls so it can spin freely.
It's derived from corbantek's beautiful Multiple Ring Fancy Pencil Holder, which is derived from net_id's Customizable fancy pencil holder.
I think it looks good as a centerpiece on a dining table. See it on YouTube. Note: the version in the YouTube video has a platform that's slightly too narrow. The picture with the black and green platform (using a mid-print color change) is up to date.
UPDATE: The carousel seems to actually encourage my kids to put away the pencils when they're done! They color things often and I have rarely seen pencils lying around since printing this; it seems they like to put the pencils away in such a fun place. Bonus!
UPDATE 2: When my kids threw this thing onto a tile floor (grrr!), the bottom cap broke. Fortunately, the bottom cap is the smallest part, so it sacrificed itself to save the rest. After a five minute print, the carousel was in perfect shape again. Another surprise bonus!
| carousel-base.stl | 3.6MB | |
| carousel-basket.stl | 312.6KB | |
| carousel-bottomcap.stl | 77.8KB | |
| carousel-floater.stl | 3.9MB | |
| carousel-platform.stl | 2.2MB | |
| carousel-shaft.stl | 79.2KB | |
| carousel-topcap.stl | 1.4MB | |
| carousel.scad | 5.5KB | |
| pencil-holder.scad | 2.3KB |
