Telephone Box Savings Bank

Giving money as a gift is often considered rude and uncreative. But sometimes it's the best gift - especially if you want to contribute to an expensive trip the beloved recipient is planning. To avoid the “uncreative” tag, you need to find a corresponding packaging for the money. 

This iconic British telephone box styled savings bank could be it.

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Royal Savings Bank

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Printing Instructions

This model is an easy and relatively quick print. Although I printed with a 0.6mm nozzle (it was urgent- total printing time was only 3 hours), I'd recommend to print with a 0.4mm nozzle to preserve all the details of the surface structure.

The lid requires support and should be printed with adaptive layer heights, which results in a relatively smooth finish of the curved top.

The frame should be printed upright. Supports are only required for the bar on the top holding the printed sign. I recommend organic supports here.

There are two versions for the base: 

One uses four M3 threaded inserts in the frame and M3x8 screws to mount the base to the frame. Print this part upside down.

The alternative base can be simply glued to the frame and is to be printed bottom up.

The sign is printed on a “normal” paper printer. It's dimensions are 38 mm x 7 mm. Keep at least a 2 mm margin horizontally and 1.5 mm margin vertically. If you like the original font used on the British telephone boxes, use “Goldenbook Light”, which can be downloaded as a demo font (just search for it).