Triangular Dovetail Joint Microbox

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The idea for this originated from Thing 11977, with an entirely new design.\nThe concept revolves around a seemingly impossible dovetail joint that opens by rotating. I made an interesting observation that it requires almost no thickness and no core in order to lock and rotate effectively. It is essentially a tiny empty box. As a result, this prints in just a few minutes on our MakerGear M2 -- scaled up 2X, it prints better and nicer.\nTwo versions are available as STL files: one features the new University of Kentucky logo on one side and our department name (ECE) on the other, while the second is a plain version. The logo one was produced in quantity and distributed to EDay Open House visitors to our lab; interestingly, we encountered no problems fitting pieces together that were made on either of two MakerGear M2 and one Wanhao I3.\nPrint Settings:\nPrinter Brand: MakerGear\nPrinter: M2\nRafts: No\nSupports: No\nResolution: Any\nInfill: 10-25%\nNotes: Printed in 0.25mm PLA scaled up 2X. It prints well on the Wanhao I3, but takes significantly longer than on our MakerGear M2.