tcg stash

configurable home for your TCG cards

As little filament as possible, while keeping the strength, modularity and usability.

why it exists

I wanted to use as little filament as possible and still end up with something strong, modular and actually pleasant to use. Most of what follows is that same trade-off being made one more time.

the box is the feature

The housing is optional. A box works on its own — on a shelf, or inside whatever you already have — so the design went into the box rather than into the rail around it.

parts

boxthe actual feature, 245 × 75 × 104 mm
housingoptional rail, 246 × 86 × 115 mm
handletwo pieces, pinned through the front wall
emblem30 × 30 × 3 mm, into the front inset
connector61.5 mm, four to a cavity
gluealways — the handle is glued in
magnetsoptional, 6 × 2 mm — four a box, for swappable emblems

the box

clean on a shelf

The front is a plain face, so a row of them looks tidy in the shelf. The emblem is what tells you which box is which.

separators printed in

The separators are part of the box, so the cards only ever touch smooth wall and the wall itself can stay thin. They break the collection into stacks you can get a hand around, and they brace the box for stacking. Print as many as you want — one is the minimum, and past that it is only how finely you like the collection split.

size it to fit

Resize it for wherever it is actually going — a shelf, a cupboard, or the print bed you happen to have.

solid, grid or light

The walls are 1.5mm in all three. Grid runs a pattern through them, which is where most of the saving comes from; light keeps that pattern and takes the side walls down lower as well.

if you overfill a section

Every section has a hole in its floor. Fill one to the brim and you can still push the stack up from underneath with a finger.

emblems

glued or magnetic

The emblem drops into the inset on the front. Glue it in, or drop 6 × 2 magnets into the holes behind it — two in the box, two in the emblem — and swap it whenever the box changes job.