Tactile Life Counter for Commander / Magic the Gathering / EDH
by lapogo · via Thingiverse
| Format | STL |
| Category | Home |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Uploaded | Apr 11, 2026 |
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Description
This is a life counter I made for Commander. An internal rotary detent holds the numbers in place and provides a nice resistance and click as you rotate the numbers. #####Models needed: 1x Shaft 1x Cap 1x Divider 2x Ring ####Personal Settings & Suggestions: Printed on Ender3 v2 w/ textured glass bed & Overture PLA 0.02mm Nozzle 0.12mm layer height 210c Printing Temp 60c Build Plate 7mm Retraction 20% Infill #####Nozzle : 0.2mm or 0.4mm nozzle are both fine. 0.2mm makes for smoother numbers and finer threads. #####Rings: 3 options for rings. Soft, Medium, and Hard refer to the resistance in rotation/tactile feedback. Only one ring STL is needed. Because the rings are printed laying flat the layer height has the greatest impact detail of the digits. 0.12mm layer height looks good and at 0.08 layer height they look phenomenal but the ~5 hour print time per-ring is really rough. #####Cap & Shaft: Be sure to select matching cap and shaft. either the regular threaded or the sturdier 'NO THREADS' variant. I made the 'NO THREADS' as a sturdier cap and shaft connection after a cap broke at the base. I'd been using 'hard' resistance rings with a low (~14%) infill and was rotating numbers while holding the cap side. Issue may be resolved with 100%. #####Post Processing: You can fill the arrow and numbers with paint to make them stand out a little more. Cheap acrylic paint (~$1 at Walmart) works well. I use a toothpick to push the paint to the edges. A little time with some 1k grit sand paper gives it a nice feel and softens the ring edges in a nice way. If you wait to sand until you've filled in your numbers with paint you can lay sandpaper on a table and sand face with a number on it to remove any mistakes
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