The Tea Library - core v1 framework

Thanks for checking this out - hope you'll enjoy printing, assembling and using this (just as I enjoyed designing and sharing this).

Key Features

• Radial Shelf Design: Inspired by book libraries, unique radial shelves display your tea bags beautifully and make selection effortless.
• Copper Feature: Utilises affordable, easy-to-work-with copper pipes for a chic industrial look.
• Visual "Inventory Management": Quickly gauge your tea stock at a glance, ensuring you never run out of your favourite blends.
• Space-Saving Solution: Keeps your tea organised and accessible without cluttering countertops or cabinets.
• Customisable: Easily adjust shelf spacing to accommodate various tea bag sizes and brands, as well as the density of tea per tea-library you want to store.

About the files

• 3MF files to print, STEP files in case you want to modify
• The cap is universal across variants - you can design/ print your own (outer diameter of the pipe/ spine is 15mm). The shelves and base are grouped by variant.
• The 90 degree variant is perfect to fit in an unused corner of your kitchen or living room
• The 180 degree variant is perfect to be affixed against a wall
• The 360 degree variant is free standing and can be moved about

Printing the tea library

• Any modern printer will do. None of the models require supports or any fancy materials (just make sure you pick a rigid filament, as the structure will need some stiffness)
• You need to print: 1x cap + 1x base + however many shelves you desire
• The density of tea stored is proportional with the degrees (i.e. a 360 shelf will roughly store 4x the amount of a 90 shelf)
• The height and density of the tea library is entirely up to you (e.g. you can have a really dense layout, or you can have a tall and relaxed vibe - just make sure you consider how much clearance you need for your fingers to slot in and grab the tea easily)

Non-printed accent/ spine

This design uses a pipe as the backbone of the tea library - it also has the added benefit of being really good looking, rigid and cheap.

Affiliate links for the pipes I've used (but if you want to do your own research/ grab a much longer pipe, the outer diameter needs to be at 15mm):

Amazon.com Links for Supplies:

• (Warm decor) Copper pipe: https://amzn.to/41qwSa7
• (Cold decor) Silver/ aluminium pipe: https://amzn.to/41qwSa7
• Best cutting tool I found: https://amzn.to/3Qm5fK9

Amazon.co.uk Links for Supplies:

• (Warm decor) Copper pipe: https://amzn.to/4h12sB2
• (Cold decor) Silver/ aluminium pipe: https://amzn.to/3Qsru15
• Best cutting tool I found: https://amzn.to/3QvQc0A

Assembly notes

• Depending on your printer, the clearance I set (at the 0.2mm default) may not be accurate - this can easily be adjusted in post (e.g. if the shelf is too loose you can shim some paper/ hot glue in there, if the shelf is too tight, you can sand it to get the fitment just right).
• For the models affixed to walls, you may want to consider double sided tape/ glueing in place to make the structure semi-permanent. This is what I did. Make sure you don't ruin your wall unintentionally.
• Before fixing the shelves in place, please make sure you measure first test it out (to make sure it looks good and you can pick up tea easily).

☕ Hope you enjoy your new household feature and it enables you to have many more refreshing cups of tea!!