Coffee Stencil - Butterfly - NEW Style by amarand

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Edit 6/30/2017: This new stencil holder was designed with this butterfly in mind!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2412238
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Why did I put "NEW" in the filename and title? Because this is the first of the next-generation handle! The previous handles weren't attached properly. In Fusion 360, there's apparently a difference between mirroring an object, and mirroring within the sketch. Mirroring within the sketch seemed to work tons better for this application. It allowed me to "Join" the handles rather than make them new bodies or components. This way, the handles are a part of the geometry of the stencil, rather than being separate entities. I guess if you wanted to make the handles a different color or material, it might be better to have them be separate, but my guess is, most people don't care what their stencil looks like, as long as it makes pretty-shaped powdered goodness on top of their coffee (or cupcakes, or whatever!)
So yes, new handles, much more sturdy and connected, and very similar in size to the old-style handles. But I've also added one more thing: a little identification icon on the handle, opposite to the hanging hole. Neat, eh? This will help you locate the stencil you need a little easier, especially if they're in a stack. But also, tomorrow, I will be sharing something cool that will make this new "system" a lot cooler. Tomorrow!
I will be re-releasing new versions of the previous stencils with the new handles, and probably re-working the sizes of the cut-outs to make them more consistent. Hopefully I can keep the icons looking good and visible on the handles, even though the size is smaller.
As always, please let me know if you need a different size stencil and I'll go back and create a special set of STL files just for you! Well, and everyone else who might want them, too. Unless you pay me. You can totally pay me for an exclusive size or shape. Laughs Anyway, enough talk about money. Let's talk about custom stuff and ideas: if you have an idea for improvement, please let me know. I'd love to try it out if it's awesome! Also, I have a fairly decent eye and mind for coming up with stencil silhouettes, but everyone I know has shocked me with their own ideas! So please, if you'd like to see a stencil made, just send me a comment, private message, or if you want to give me details with pictures, just create an I Made One and we can talk about it there.
Lots of talk today about the stencil itself, but not much about the butterfly! My wife (shown) had a sip of her coffee after I'd made her a cup using the five-petaled flower on top. She had sipped a little, and the design "squinched" over to where she was drinking. The top petal became the butterfly head, and the other four petals became the wings! She sent me a picture and said "You totally have to do a butterfly!" So I did. Yay!
There are other awesome butterfly vector images over on the Noun Project, and some of them might actually work as stencils, so we'll see.... It's a fantastic resource, so you should go check it out at some point: https://thenounproject.com/
Here are all the previous stencils:
Heart: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2393694
Smiley Face: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2400553
Five-Pointed Star: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2395326
Five-Petaled Flower: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2396760
Leaf: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2405021
Peace Symbol: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2402130
Telephone: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2409377
(As noted somewhere above or below, I will be retrofitting all of the above stencils with the latest handle technology: sturdier connection and raised identification icon!)