Student Picker Sticks & Pencil Holder

With schools about to start, it's the perfect time for these Student Pick Me Sticks. Whenever no one in class wants to volunteer, let chance take the wheel and draw a pick me stick to decide who gets to answer your questions!

You can print either of the blank versions to attach your own name tags to, or you can use the numbered version and assign numbers to your students or add actual names to the print. Or, maybe you just want a cool 3D printed pencil. The world is your oyster.

These should be fine to print as is, and the objects in each file are labelled so you can easily modify the colors. To change the numbers/text you'll need to update BOTH of the text modifiers since they're mirrored on the top and bottom. But you can copy/paste and add additional numbers until you have as any as you need (I had a file pre-numbered up to 25, but my computer reset and I didn't make a new one yet). And I was able to fit 20-25 or so onto a Kobra X build plate (the auto arrange will move to a second plate at around 15, but you can fit more if you do it manually). The bordered versions are slightly larger, which can make a difference. And you can of course add numbers to the non-bordered version in the slicer if you'd like.

If you stick with my color scheme (as opposed to a darker pencil body), I would advise against flushing into the infill because the black will be noticeable under the yellow. And if you do the numbered or bordered versions, a larger prime tower might not be a bad idea to minimize any color streaking.

I printed these with 10% infill and all normal settings besides that. I'd recommend printing as many as you need, or can fit, in one go to avoid unnecessary waste from the color swaps. 

I have also added a pencil shaped holder for these as well (which also functions just fine as a stand alone pencil holder). The holder prints in 4 pieces, 3 of which screw together and the head that just sits on top. I would glue the top on at least, but the bottoms held just fine with out it. I tinkered with a bunch of settings in the slicer to get the finish and quality I wanted, but none of these should need supports and should work just fine with basic settings. But I do recommend fuzzy skin on the pencil head to give it a woody texture, and I opted to make the main shaft lightning infill to keep it hollow (so it makes more noise when my girlfriend shakes it to let everyone know she's about to pick if no one volunteers). 

Each piece is one color, so you don't need an AMS, but you can fit two pieces per bed and print by object if you do have one.