Clicky Life Counter

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_This thing requires a metal spring to work properly_ My handy little 12 sided clicky level or life counter is designed to support games, where counting to 10 is essential. It features the numbers **0-9**, an asterisk _*_ and a blank space. I mainly use it to play Munchkin and sometimes just as a fidget toy to keep the fingers busy. I suggest printing a colorful variety of Top and Bottom parts and to mix them as you want over and over again. I designed this thing from scratch using Tinkercad. However I was heavily inspired by KidSwidden ## Printing Print each of the four parts at 0.2mm with 20% infill should be enough. I set my slicer to pause at certain layers in order to manually switch colors. Highly recommended! I printed it using PLA and PETG (not at the same time though) ## Assembly - Put the Spring head on the spring and put both together into the Top part. - Put the Top on the Bottom part - _if available: apply a small drop of oil to the thread_ - Fasten the screw using a 1-Cent coin ## Inspiration This thing is inspired by KidSwiddens 12 Click Life Counter https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3732056 In contrast to KidSwiddens original design, I tried to make the device - significantly smaller in order to reduce print time and material usage. - usable with one hand even though it requires some training - work with less tolerances - hold the top firmly - distribute the numbers evenly - print without supports What I tried to do in the same way he did was - the numbering - the mechanics