3D-printed products and 3MF downloads from Roxium in Burlington, Ontario

A printable reading ruler with an integrated bookmark pointer. The pointer holds your line while you read and marks your place when the book closes - pick the length that suits your book.

A gyro fidget spinner: three curved rings interlock around a centre post and whirl as one, so it prints in a single piece with no bearings and no assembly - just flick it and go. The rings are loose in their track out of the printer, which is the part that takes a few tries to get right and the reason this one gets measured before it ships.

A pencil holder wearing a puffer jacket: quilted panels all round, with a zip, a collar and sleeves running up the sides. It holds pens, pencils, markers, brushes or small tools, and it is sturdy enough to be knocked about a desk. About two hours of printing, and the quilted panels take filament colours well - solid winter colours, pastels, or something loud.

Design by Sitsero

A lid that snaps onto a standard can and seals it up again between sips, and doubles as an opener when you slip it over the tab and tilt. It is the wider, support-free version, and it fits both the slim and the fat cans the designer built it around - European 202 cans, so if yours is a different can it is worth a quick measure. Light sanding on the slots is the only finishing it asks for.

Design by MakerShed

Two spirals in one print: an outer shell that twists one way and a core that twists the other, turning past each other as you fiddle. Printed in a single colour it reads as one tapering cone; give the shell and the core a colour each and the two spirals separate in the eye as they turn, which is what the designer's own pictures show. The profile that prints it is 0.2 mm layers, 3 walls, 15 per cent gyroid infill, PLA, no supports, standing upright exactly as supplied.

Design by NerdHerder

A hexagonal fidget that prints flat in a few minutes and clicks between your fingers - no supports, no assembly, no settings to tune. 2.0" across. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by LangHjornArt

A bow that clips onto a straw: the straw runs through the middle and the bow sits above the lid. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Morganja

A phone stand with a woodgrain surface that all but disappears behind the phone, so what you see is the screen standing on the desk rather than the stand holding it. A deep groove with a lipped front edge takes a phone upright for video calls or on its side for standBy and night-clock mode, and it fits anything from a small handset up to a Pro Max. Printed in PLA at 0.2 mm layers, 15% infill, no supports. It is designed for a wood-fill filament, which gives it the grain it is named for, though any matte colour prints just as well. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by M_LAB

A six-can holder that spins: six runners hold the cans and the base turns, and it uses very little filament for its size. Four pieces. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by JEP0405

Wet gloves dry upside down on six tapered, vented posts, over a 4x10 inch floor vent. A glove's cuff slides over a post so warm air from the register goes up through the post and through the glove, drying the inside as well as the out - which is the part that stays wet. The tray is a colander: a lip catches a dribble of water, and a grid of drain holes lets the air up and the water down, and each post drains through its own cup. Bottles and cups fit the posts just as the old stand's did. Sized to sit inside a 4 by 10 inch register, printed in one piece with no supports and nothing to assemble. The photo is a render of the printable model - real photos of the print go up once the first batch comes off the printer.

A dog's head that sits on top of a straw, ears up and nose forward. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Morganja

A fold-over bag clip in one piece, with nothing to assemble: two slim bars on a round hinge, and a hook at the far end that shuts them. Roll the bag's neck over, slide it in side-on between the bars, and press the hook home - the knob at the end of the curl rides over the upper bar's tip and drops into the groove cut behind it, so the clip is held shut by the hook and not by the moulding. Flex the curl back off the tip and it opens again. The hinge is a disc with a hole through it, so the clip hangs on a keyring or a cup hook when it is not on a bag. It prints flat as a single piece with no supports, and PLA holds fine while PETG survives the dishwasher and takes more flexing. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first batch comes off the printer.

A clicker keychain with four buttons that press and click, printed in place so nothing needs assembling. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Print3DFamilyFidgets

Two bands that print as one piece: the finned outer ring's ridge sits in the inner band's groove, so it is locked on but free to spin, with no bearings and nothing to assemble. The groove is a BALL RACE - a circular channel, with the ridge as the same circle held 0.4 mm off it - so the surfaces the two parts face each other across are vertical, which is what lets it print in place and still turn. The ring is 27 mm across and stands 7 mm, and the fins are trapezoids: wide where they join the sleeve, narrow at the tip, so nothing on it is a blade waiting to be knocked. It comes in three sizes, 16.5 mm (US 6), 18.2 mm (US 8) and 19.8 mm (US 10) across the finger hole, all at the same price, and the download is a 3MF with a plate for each, so you can print whichever fits - or all three. Print it with a brim and z-hop switched on: a small ring has a small footprint, and z-hop keeps a moving nozzle clear of what is already printed. The STL on its own is the smallest of the three. The photo is a render of the printable model - real photos of the print go up once the first batch comes off the printer.

A Jeep grille that rides on top of a straw, seven slots and all. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Morganja

A 3x3 clicker pad: nine keys on one printed body, each on its own spring, so the whole thing clicks under a thumb like a tiny keyboard. 2.6" square, printed in one piece with nothing to assemble. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Print3DFamilyFidgets

A bag peg that works like a clothes peg: two arms on a printed pin, so the ends you squeeze and the jaws are on opposite sides of the pivot, and squeezing opens the jaws. A disc on the upper arm turns inside a socket on the lower one, printed in place with a quarter of a millimetre of air round it - press the peg open and you can feel the pin move. Behind it one strip sweeps round and back to the other arm as a scroll you can see through, and that scroll is the spring: it closes the jaws and it is what you feel working when you squeeze. The mouth is a square-wave channel cut through both jaws at once, so the two sets of teeth come from the same cut and interlock - every tooth of one jaw stands in the hollow of the other - and along the outside of each arm, where a thumb goes, a row of sawteeth bites into the silhouette so the peg does not slip in your hand. It prints flat as one piece, no supports, nothing to assemble. PLA holds fine; PETG survives the dishwasher and takes more flexing. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

An inner cone passes right through an outer one and neither of them comes apart - that is the whole trick, and it prints as a single piece. Roll it in your hands and the two bodies slide past each other, which is the part that keeps fingers busy. Printed in two colours the cones separate in the eye and the pass-through reads as impossible; printed in one it looks like a solid cone until it moves. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by What3d

A heart that sits on top of a straw, wide and low, catching the light as the cup moves. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Morganja

A snake, printed flat as one piece: 9.8" from nose to tail, no supports anywhere, and off the plate in about an hour by its designer's own estimate. It prints lying on the plate, so the whole thing is one layer stack rather than a tower that can topple. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by user_3738174853

A chef's hat charm with a banded brim, tall enough to read at a glance on a keyring. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by Tim

A textured clicker with a body and a set of button caps: the caps press into the body and click under a thumb, and the spare sizes in the set let you choose how stiff it feels. 2.6" long, printed in one go. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by ArmadilloFDM

A star that spins: the points are cut so it turns on its axis in the hand and keeps turning. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by CreaitivityStudio

Two clickers that look like lunch: a bao bun with its pleats, and half an avocado with the stone still in. Each is two printed halves that snap together over a switch, so the whole thing is the button. Pick the one you want - about 1.8" across. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by iNkosi3D

A cactus that clicks: the body snaps onto a keyboard switch, so the whole cactus is the button and the click comes from the switch inside it. Four designs, sold one at a time - pick the cactus you want, about 1.3" tall, and it prints in two pieces that snap together without glue. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by UKSTL

A plain fidget spinner with no ornament on it at all: a body, three arms and a bearing seat in the middle. Five sizes come off the one plate, from a 1.6" one that fits in a pocket up to a 2.7" one, and the plate also carries the grips that go in the bearing seat. Pick the size you want - each is printed as one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by MakerShed

A pencil that bends: the barrel is printed as a chain of flexing segments, so it folds in your hand and springs straight again, and it still looks like a pencil with a point at one end. 4.8" long, printed in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by TinkerTogether

A modular glasses stand: a round 143 mm base with a spindle, a post that carries two long arms, and a cradle that stacks on the spindle, so two pairs or a shelf-full can be kept upright and out of the way. The arms take frames by the bridge and the base is heavy enough not to tip when one pair comes off. Designed by Rockthered and printed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by Rockthered

A stackable glasses stand: a fin that the cradles slide onto, so the tower grows to whatever height the collection needs. The cradles come in three widths - 67, 77 and 87 mm - and each holds one pair nose-down by the bridge, which suits slim readers and deep sunglass frames alike. The plate prints a whole tower's worth of parts, 167 by 199 mm laid out as the designer arranges it. Designed by Badger Sound Forge and printed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-ND 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by Badger Sound Forge

A print-in-place bag clip: the hinge prints shut and then works, so there are no pins and nothing to assemble. 3.2" long, 1.2" wide. Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by printerforge

A reading guide that frames one line at a time so the page cannot swim: 5.1" x 1.4", 1.4 mm thick, light enough to leave in a book. Kept for kids learning to read, and for anyone whose attention slides down a full page. Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by fgiancarelli

A set of gear examples for teaching - the gears and the pins that hold them, printed as one plate, each gear 80 mm across. Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by osamutake

A short sword bookmark with its own sheath: the blade marks your page and the scabbard clips back over it. 5.7" long, printed flat, the two pieces together weighing about 8 g. Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.

Design by Forged in Filament

An impossible passthrough shaped like an hourglass: two halves that turn through each other and stay locked together. 2.8" tall, about 24 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by BeninManc

An impossible passthrough in pentagon form: the inner shape turns through the outer one and cannot come apart. 2.8" tall, about 31 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by BeninManc

A mini golf hole for the desk: a printed course board with the hole and a rock surround, a club and a ball, all printed flat. 8.7" x 7.2", about 62 g of plastic for the set. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by MoltenPlastic3D

A pen holder clad in raised dragon scales, hexagonal all the way round, with a smooth inner cup for pens, pencils or brushes. 3.1" across and 4" tall, printed in one piece. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by 3DWoosh

A bookmark shaped like an alligator, with the jaw clipping over the page and the body lying in the gutter - so it marks the page and the line at once. 3.9" long, printed as a body and a jaw. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by 3dprinting

A little hand that clips onto the page and points at the exact line you stopped on - so a bookmark marks where you are, not just which page. 2.8" long, printed flat with the fingers already free. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by helder.bernardo

A top that keeps going: a heavy rim, a fine point and a printed handle to spin it between finger and thumb. 2.1" across, about 41 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by happybirthday

A fidget web: a lattice of hinged segments that folds through itself and comes back again, printed as one piece with nothing to assemble. 3.7" across, about 28 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by BeninManc

A cone that passes through its own core and keeps going - a puzzle you can hold, printed in one piece with no assembly. 2.8" tall, about 19 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by BeninManc

A flat page marker with a fox carved in raised relief across its face - it slides over the page and the design reads against the paper. 9.4" long and 2.7 mm thin, printed flat in one piece. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.

Design by shadow.lune

A smiley you can click: the face is the button, and it presses in and springs back with a sound. 3.2" across, printed in one piece with no AMS and no supports. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by AmandaRoos

A hard hat that goes on a keyring - the dome, the brim and the little ridge down the middle, printed in one piece with a hole through the top. 1.5" across, and it works as a key tag or a desk charm. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by astavr

A cupcake you can click: the frosting is the button, and it presses down with a proper click and springs back. Two sizes - 1.2" across for a keyring, 1.8" for a desk - each printed in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by MeltedMoose

A small hook that sticks to a desk or a shelf edge with tape or a screw, for keys, headphones or a cable. 2.6" wide, printed in one piece with a flat back that sits flush. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by schiko

A B2 in flying-wing form that sits on top of a joystick - the shape slots over the stem and pegs in, so it turns with the stick. 5.5" across the wings, printed in one piece plus two pegs. Shown as a render, not a photo.

Design by DeanPrinting