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flathead cup holder
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 6 years ago
I made this cup holder for my uncle, and I am very pleased with it.
I done this in 2 different prints, the block and the pulleys/belt, I then glued the two together. I didnt print the block with a brim. I also printed the block with supports on the bed only, besides the supports I built into the model. You can use a set of side cutters to clip the built in supports off.
Speaking of built in supports, in one of the photos I circled with green a defect in the print. The support fell over for this section, not sure if this was from too fast of infill, too small of support, or not using a brim. In the stl I uploaded I made the base of the support quite a bit bigger, so this shouldnt happen to you. Im not going to reprint this model, after gluing on the pulleys you cant see the defect and this model used quite a lot of pla, but if you print it, I would appreciate it if you let me know how it turned out.
The Ender 3 has a notoriously heavy bed, and I had the infill speed up a little too high for triangular infill, so the bed got a little out of alignment midway though the print. The little line on the print is from this, not the model. I paused the print, releveled the bed, and it turned out great considering. So if your printing this with triangular infill, be smarter than me, and keep the speeds reasonable. I print this fast wtih gyroid infill all the time, was the first time using triangular infill. Triangular infill really shook the bed, I have never seen it shake like that before, might also be time for me to invest in some stiffer springs.
This is based on this awesome model:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2554215
If you would like to support my work, I would never turn down a spool of pla :)https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2A1T1YEQMIIIP?ref_=wl_share
I done this in 2 different prints, the block and the pulleys/belt, I then glued the two together. I didnt print the block with a brim. I also printed the block with supports on the bed only, besides the supports I built into the model. You can use a set of side cutters to clip the built in supports off.
Speaking of built in supports, in one of the photos I circled with green a defect in the print. The support fell over for this section, not sure if this was from too fast of infill, too small of support, or not using a brim. In the stl I uploaded I made the base of the support quite a bit bigger, so this shouldnt happen to you. Im not going to reprint this model, after gluing on the pulleys you cant see the defect and this model used quite a lot of pla, but if you print it, I would appreciate it if you let me know how it turned out.
The Ender 3 has a notoriously heavy bed, and I had the infill speed up a little too high for triangular infill, so the bed got a little out of alignment midway though the print. The little line on the print is from this, not the model. I paused the print, releveled the bed, and it turned out great considering. So if your printing this with triangular infill, be smarter than me, and keep the speeds reasonable. I print this fast wtih gyroid infill all the time, was the first time using triangular infill. Triangular infill really shook the bed, I have never seen it shake like that before, might also be time for me to invest in some stiffer springs.
This is based on this awesome model:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2554215
If you would like to support my work, I would never turn down a spool of pla :)https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2A1T1YEQMIIIP?ref_=wl_share