Dreidel

Every year, families around the world celebrate eight nights of Hanukkah. This holiday is filled with delicious fried food, candles, and remembrance. My favorite part is spinning the dreidel to see how much gelt (chocolate coins) I win.

Dreidel is a simple game. Spin the dreidel and see which letter it lands on. Each letter determines how much gelt you can take, keep, or put back. This game is not limited to the Jewish community. It can be played by anyone, anytime, with anything! (marbles, pennies, Hershey Kisses, M&M's). The rules are shown above.

I used a combination of Fusion 360 and Tinkercad

• 3D printer
• Filament
• Laptop

1. On Fusion 360, go to create >> box
2. Place the box in the center of the work plane
3. Box dimensions: 20 mm length, 20 mm width, 30 mm height
4. Create >> cylinder
5. Select the top of the box as the plane and place the cylinder in the center. You want the cylinder to be directly on top of the box and centered.
6. Cylinder dimensions: 4 mm diameter & 9 mm height

1. Modify >> fillet
2. Select the top edges (4 edges) & make the distance 4 mm. The corner type: rolling ball.
3. Modify >> chamfer
4. Select the bottom edges (4 edges) & make the distance 9.9999 mm.
5. Modify >> fillet
6. Select the bottom edges (these edges should look like an outline of a pyramid). Make the distance 9 mm.
7. Modify >> fillet
8. Select the side edges & make the distance 2 mm.

1. On Fusion 360, go to file >> export.
2. Export the dreidel as an STL file.
3. Open Tinkercad, go to import and choose the dreidel STL that you just exported from Fusion 360.

1. On Tinkercad, go to shape generators >> all >> keep clicking "more shapes" until you find "Hebrew Text".
2. Change the font to "Alef bold".
3. On your computer (I used a Macbook Air), go to system preferences >> keyboard >> input sources.
4. Click the plus symbol and choose Hebrew as your language. This will allow you to type Hebrew letters.
5. Go back to Tinkercad and type each letter from the dreidel (nun, gimel, hay, shin) to create Hebrew letters.
6. Make the height & length of the letters 13-15 mm and width 2 mm.
7. Move each letter so they are positioned on each side of the dreidel. Make sure the letters are pushed into the sides (about 1 mm).

1. Select all of the letters and make them holes
2. Select everything (letters & dreidel base) and group.
3. Export as an STL for printing.