The Twister: World's Most Annoying Gift Box, Threaded Edition | 7-Layer Puzzle Box, No Supports

Seven twists stand between them and their gift.

It looks like a perfectly normal present: a black box, a bright ribbon, a big bow on top. They give the lid a twist, it comes off, and underneath is another lid. They twist that one off. Another lid. And another. By layer four the whole room is laughing. By layer six they're questioning your friendship. Seven twists later they finally reach the little cup at the very center, and whatever you hid inside it.

The Twister is the threaded edition of the World's Most Annoying Gift Box: seven threaded cylinders nested one inside the next, topped with a lid, ribbons and a bow. No screws, no tools, no glue. Just twisting, and twisting, and the slow realization that you planned this.

Every other present gets opened and forgotten while they're still twisting. You become the evening's entertainment, and all you have to do is watch. Then they can twist it all back together and pass it on to the next victim.

🎁 MAKE IT THE GIFT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT

• Hide a ring in it for a proposal they'll never forget

• Fold cash or a gift card into it for the kid who opens everything in four seconds

• Bring it to the white elephant or Secret Santa swap and watch it steal the show

• Earrings, a watch, earbuds: anything up to 75 x 45 mm fits in the center cup

🖨 WHY YOU'LL LOVE PRINTING IT

• Any printer: every plate is a single color, so you don't need a multi-color setup or a second nozzle

• No supports anywhere and nothing to glue: the threads and press-fit pegs hold it all together

• Ready to print: the Bambu Studio 3MF has all 5 plates laid out, colored and tuned. Open it, pick two colors, print

• Smooth, satisfying threads with 0.4 mm of play, so every layer twists on and off cleanly

• Pick your two colors: black and blue is shown, and black with red, pink or green looks just as good

• Solid and reusable: twist it apart, refill it, regift it

• A 12-page illustrated guide from the first plate to the bow, with the twist map that shows which way up every layer goes

WHAT YOU GET

• TheTwister - Bambu.3mf: Bambu Studio project with all 5 plates arranged, colored and tuned

• 17 STL files: every part, for PrusaSlicer, Orca, Cura or any other slicer

• The Twister Print & Assembly Guide (PDF): 12 illustrated pages with every plate as it sits on the bed, every part labeled, a tick-off plate checklist, the twist map, step-by-step assembly and troubleshooting

• Personal-use license (PDF)

PRINT SETTINGS

• Printer: any FDM printer with a 0.4 mm nozzle. One color per plate, so no multi-color setup or second nozzle needed

• Plates: 5, in any two colors you like. Color A: Cylinders 1, 3, 5, 7 and the lid. Color B: Cylinders 2, 4, 6, the bow and the ribbons

• Material: PLA, about 727 g in all

• Layers: 0.20 mm, 2 walls, 15% grid infill

• Supports: none

• Scale: 100%, so the threads keep their 0.4 mm of play

• Bed: the 3MF is laid out for 256 x 256 mm beds. Smaller bed? Spread the cylinders over more plates; the biggest single part is the 154 mm lid

HOW IT GOES TOGETHER

• The gift goes in the smallest cup, Cylinder 1

• Cylinder 2 twists on over it, upside down

• That pair twists into Cylinder 3, and so on: odd layers open up, even layers upside down

• Seven layers later, the lid twists on

• The four side ribbons press into Cylinder 7, slanted edge up. The top ribbons go on the lid, then the bow

The guide's twist map shows which way up every layer goes.

FINISHED SIZE

159 mm across and 131 mm tall (6.3 x 5.2 in) with the bow. The center cup holds anything up to 75 x 45 mm (3 x 1.75 in): a ring, a watch, jewelry, earbuds, folded cash or a gift card.

PERFECT FOR

Birthdays, Christmas, white elephant and Secret Santa swaps, proposals with a sense of humor, and anyone who tears through their presents too fast.

LICENSE

Personal use only. Print it, gift it, show it off. Please don't share or sell the files, and don't sell prints.

MORE ANNOYING GIFT BOXES

• The Vault, 200 screws and four boxes deep: https://www.printables.com/model/1447486

• The Heartbreaker, 51 screws: https://www.printables.com/model/1574470

Printed one? Post a make. I'd love to see your colors, and their face when they hit layer seven.