3D Printing a Yakult Bottle Tray

Does it bug you when you open a pack of Yakult and the bottles scatter all over the fridge?

So I made a tray that holds four bottles upright.

You can take it straight from the fridge to the table.

The recesses on the underside fit snugly over the tops of the Yakult bottles, so the trays stack too.

Design was done in Autodesk 123D Design — just a series of joined circles.

The stacking recesses on the bottom required a small trick.

The ceiling of each recess is angled so the whole thing prints without support material.
With supports, the inside of the recess would end up rough or partially filled — making it hard to get the Yakult cap to seat cleanly.


Here's the finished tray spinning. Or rather — the bottom has warped slightly, so it spins on its own.


Two-level stack:



Print files are on Thingiverse.

Print settings: no supports, no raft.
Material: PLA recommended.

ABS is likely to warp during printing of the flat base and fail — though I haven't tested it properly.

On the M3D The Micro, the base can lift slightly. Run the auto-calibration first and the print comes out clean.

This tray is probably about as large a flat surface as The Micro can handle reliably.