If you have access to a 3D printer or a laser cutter, printing/cutting your own case is a fast and economical way to house your piggy. Our contributors have come up with the following designs for sharing.
Editions
ROBOTECHY
Free range, grass fed, and wholesome, this little piggy is the most beautiful we've ever seen. Designed, printed, assembled and sold by enterprising young bitcoiners with a little help from mum & dad.
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: TBC
Credits: Isaac Weeks, Ben Weeks and family.
GenesisPiggy
BlackCoffee's original cardboard pig has been reimagined in filament and can now be printed as easily, and cheaply, as fiat money. This is a draft design so expect some tweaks and please do share any ideas you may have to improve it.
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: Printing advice: Print back down (trotters up). Add supports everything except for the tail. Be sure to remove all support materials from around where the board sits. A small flat head screwdriver might be needed if there are difficult to remove pieces of filament remaining.
Creator: Richard Taylor
Licence: CC0
ZapBox!
The "ZapBox!" edition has been created to be as compact as possible, while maintaining easy access to the charging port and buttons. It's constructed from two parts, the main case and lid. No screws are necessary, everything fits together nice and snug, like a pig in a blanket.
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: Add supports to the charging port and buttons slot. Be sure there are no supports interfering with the four lid/case fixing points (the .3mf file these features).
Creator: Richard Taylor
Licence: CC0
MineLightningPiggy
This amazing piggy has been designed by super talented 11-year old "Mixter the Boyster" who loves Minecraft and 3D printing.
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: 10% infill. Tree supports. Adhesion enabled.
Paint: Gold Rub'n'buff paint.
Creator: Mikkel the Boyster.
Licence: CC BY
Links: Pig | Bitcoin logo | Case
LightningPiggy Block Lamp
Shining a light on sound money: This Minecraft-inspired savings' lamp, a first of its kind, was ingeniously crafted by Silexperience and his son. The project was sparked by a curious question from his son, "Can bitcoin be in a piggy bank?" This led to the idea of integrating a LightningPiggy device inside a block shaped lamp.
We love how the LightningPiggy device can seamlessly integrated into any object and in this case it looks like an artefact of the bitcoin blockchain.
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: No support needed except for the main cube 20% filling supports 5% (cube only)
Build notes: Power is provided using a 1,800 mah lithium battery connected directly to the T5's USB port. The LED strip and the Lilygo are independent at the time of writing.
Creator: Silexperience
Licence: CC0
LegoBlock
Display Support: 2.13 and 2.66 inch
Recommended material: PLA or PETG
Printing advice: Add supports to the charging port and buttons slot.
Creator: Richard Taylor
Licence: CC0
LaserEngraved Piggy
Display Support: 2.13 inch
Recommended material: plywood
Software: Lightburn
Creator: lonerookie & two 11 year old helpers
Licence: CC0
If you have created your own, and would like it to appear here, please email us at oink@lightningpiggy.com including:
- The creator's name/pseudonym and Nostr link (if they have one).
- The piggy's name.
- A copy of the .3mf or .stl file (if applicable).
- Printing advice (if application).
- Any special build materials used.
- Your Creative Commons licence.
Extra helpful details include:
- Your country
- Bitcoin block height*
And here’s a fun bonus: include a scannable payment QR code in your image, and you’ll earn extra zaps!
*Optional challenge: To find the 'birthday' of your piggy measured in bitcoin block time, you can use this cool TimeChainCalendar. Simply click the search icon, select 'search by date' and choose a suitable bitcoin block number. Or if you prefer, just share a regular birthdate :-D