Antique Style Year of the Horse New Year Snack/Food/Dried Fruit/Jewelry Box - Multi-layer Unfolding

Update: Added blank panels without patterns, you can apply your own images/decals/boolean other patterns (January 19, 2026)

Model Introduction:

• This is an antique-style food box (for storing snacks and dried fruits, or for jewelry and small items). Its design generally references the shapes, festive color schemes, and New Year print patterns seen in historical dramas. The structure uses a connecting rod push-pull telescopic mechanism commonly found in ancient woodworking, allowing for multi-layer interactive opening. The box's handle is engraved with: Gallop through spring, may everything go smoothly. Wishing everyone a prosperous New Year!
• Multi-layer linkage opening, with a gentle push, the box expands into 3 layers, providing 6 storage compartments in total. Pushing it down closes all layers.
• Multi-color easy printing. The first plate of the model involves 14 filament changes for color, and the second plate involves 10 filament changes for color, totaling 24 filament changes for the entire model.
• Simple assembly, easily completed by beginners.

Installation Notes: (Please assemble according to the assembly diagram in the attachments)

1. For multi-color printing, 4 colors of filament need to be able to merge with each other! Be sure to use the same type of filament; PLA is recommended. Some PETG filaments do not merge as well as PLA, leading to easy delamination and poor adhesion between colors. Note! Some filaments (especially low-quality ones) have poor merging properties due to the addition of many other components, for example, a certain brand and Bambu Lab cannot merge. Please choose a brand with guaranteed quality.
2. Note on filament: For structural parts, PLA Basic filament is recommended. Filaments like Lite, PLA Matte, wood, PLA Silk, and some PETG have larger sinkage rate tolerances (especially in winter), with sinkage strength increasing from left to right. If you use these filaments, please increase the hole compensation (X-Y inner contour size) by 0.05-0.2MM in the slicer software (heating the holes with a lighter or heat gun can solve common installation tolerances)
3. Note on machines: For unenclosed machines (A series), printing in winter can lead to a sharp increase in sinkage rate due to accelerated cooling as filament is extruded into cold air. It is recommended to appropriately increase the hole compensation (X-Y inner contour size) by 0.05-0.1MM based on your indoor temperature. It is also recommended to maintain a stable ambient temperature during printing (heating the holes with a lighter or heat gun can solve common installation tolerances)