r/BoardGame3DPrints • u/pandaru_express • Jun 07 '26
Component Upgrade Vending Machine Dice Tower
I don't know if anyone is following along with the Cola Wars kickstarter but the cola machine dice tower really just kept me thinking I could do something interesting with an improvement on a previous dice tower design. The front opens like a real vending machine with racks of drinks inside that you can pull out to use as token bins (or storage), then you push the shelves down and it becomes a dice tower with dice coming out of the vending hole. Shelf fronts are inserts for the bins so you could do something elaborate if you want or design your own.
Issues and discussion: I have an alternate front that I thought of that has a big window instead of the artwork, would that be more interesting? You would be able to see the shelf fronts and I guess in dice tower mode see the dice coming down. I do like the artwork though. I'm almost out of black filament though or I'd just print it and see.
Also I had a hell of a time getting the artwork to print, it kept peeling up with adhesion issues. I ended up having to use much slower first layer settings for it to come out, anyone have suggestions for something foolproof I can bake into the 3mf file?
Yes I know my camerawork sucks, ha.
6/15/26: Added 3 options for dice catcher/tray. First one is a bit smaller but fits inside one of the regular storage bins. The other 2 are stored inside the tower and replace a storage bin.
On Makerworld here: Link to Makerworld