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Clicksmith

Tala Studio · image → fidget clicker · MX-ready STL

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Trace controls

Auto threshold (Otsu)

Threshold

Invert (light = solid)

Blur (kills noise)

Round off pixels

Keep largest piece only

Fill interior holes

Trace preview

White = plastic. Orange outline = what gets printed after smoothing. Blue box = hidden carrier footprint.

Face

Width (mm)

Thickness (mm)

Edge bevel (mm)

Smoothing passes

Simplify (mm)

Structure

Backer plate (joins floating parts)

Backer thickness (mm)

The face sits on a hidden 18.8 mm carrier that holds the stem and clears the switch body. Any face wider than ~20 mm fully hides it.

Switch

Stem standard

Cross slot length (mm)

Cross slot width (mm)

Stem boss OD (mm)

Tolerances

Cap ↔ housing gap (mm/side)

0.35 is the sweet spot for a 0.4 mm nozzle. Go 0.25 for resin, 0.45 if your printer over-extrudes.

Fit engineering (live)

These are derived from switch geometry, not guessed: the stem socket depth is capped so the cap never sits on the switch housing, and the cavity depth guarantees full travel without bottoming on the cap ceiling.

Print this first on a new printer. Dots on top = slot size (1 dot = 4.0 mm … 4 dots = 4.3 mm). Pick the one that seats firmly without cracking.

Housing outline

Follow margin (mm)

Size (mm)

Wall (mm)

Keyring loop

Heights

Auto rim height

Rim above plate (mm)

Skirt below plate (mm)

Switch cutout (mm)

Cutout 14.0 is the MX plate spec. Print a housing, press a switch in: too tight → 14.1, too loose → 13.9.

Print orientation (pre-oriented, no supports)

Face-down prints every design support-free and gives the face your bed's texture. Upright only needs supports if the face overhangs the carrier.

Preview colors

Cap

Housing

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Recommended print settings

0.4 nozzle · 0.16–0.2 mm layers · 3 walls · 20–30 % infill · PLA or PETG · no supports (face-down) · brim off. Press the switch into the housing from the top until it clicks; press the cap onto the stem.

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