Christmas & New Year Countdown Cube Calendar - Days To Go, PL + EN Texts, No Supports

Count down the days to Christmas or to New Year on your shelf. Two digit cubes sit in a small stand, with "DAYS TO CHRISTMAS" or "DAYS TO NEW YEAR" on the wall behind them. Turn the cubes each morning to show any number from 00 to 31. The stand text comes in English and in Polish.

The cubes. Two cubes, 30 × 30 × 30 mm with 1.2 mm chamfered edges. Cube 1 carries 0 1 2 3 4 5, cube 2 carries 0 1 2 6 7 8. The 6 turned upside down is the 9, so the pair shows every number from 00 to 31 (we ran through all 32; both cubes have a 1 and a 2, so 11 and 22 work too). The digits are engraved 0.8 mm deep: leave them plain or fill them with acrylic paint and wipe off the excess.

The stand. 73.6 × 62.1 × 60 mm, with two pockets for the cubes and a label wall leaning back 15°. The pockets are 30.8 mm wide for a 30 mm cube, so the cube drops in with 0.4 mm on each side and rests on the pocket floor (a 0.4 mm shift still does not touch, 0.5 mm does). The base runs 16 mm back under the leaning wall, so the empty stand does not tip over. Four texts are engraved on the wall, one per file: "DAYS TO CHRISTMAS", "DAYS TO NEW YEAR", "DNI DO ŚWIĄT" and "DNI DO NOWEGO ROKU".

Fits a small bed, no supports. Every part fits a 170 × 170 mm bed. The cubes print on any face as they are, the stand prints upright. Each colour is a separate part, so you do not need a multi-colour system. qc reports only small overhangs from the engraving ceilings on the side faces (cubes up to 166 mm², stands up to 88 mm², most of the cube area is flat bridges); the longest bridge is about 4 mm, the ceiling of a digit on a cube's bottom face.

IN THE FILES

- -cube1-0to5-red, -cube2-012678-green: the two cubes

- -stand-pl_xmas-cream, -stand-en_xmas-cream, -stand-pl_ny-cream, -stand-en_ny-cream: pick one stand (or print all four)

- countdown_cube_calendar.scad: the parametric source (preset for the text, clr for the pocket clearance)

SIZE: cubes 30 × 30 × 30 mm; stand 73.6 × 62.1 × 60 mm.

PRINT SETTINGS: PLA, 0.20 mm layers, 3 walls, 15-20 % infill, no supports. Cubes on any face; the stand upright with the leaning wall to the back. One colour per part; the colours in the pictures (red cube, green cube, cream stand) are examples.

Honest notes:

- The images are 3D renders made from the same files you print. This set has not been test-printed yet. Checked numerically on the STL files: every file is one closed solid, the cubes fit the pockets with 0.4 mm per side, and every number from 00 to 31 can be made. The digits in the pictures are plain engraving, not painted.

- The engraved letters on the wall are small. In "DNI DO NOWEGO ROKU" and "DAYS TO CHRISTMAS" the letters sit close together and can touch at the edges with a 0.4 mm nozzle; the other texts are looser. Print the text slowly or fill it with paint.

- A digit engraved on a cube's bottom face has a short bridge for a ceiling and may come out a little rougher.

- The design is original: no licensed characters, no brands.

SLICED (0.20 mm, PLA, 3MF included):

- cube-green: 11.5 g, about 21 min

- cube-red: 11.5 g, about 21 min

- stands: 134.2 g, about 3 h 12 min