A mounting bracket for a new WIFI antenna for the caravan…
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When I sit down, the smooth pencil always falls out of my pocket on my work pants. A paper clip, some superglue and a small 3D printed part now remedies this…
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The existing magnet on the weekly planner was too weak for the whiteboard, now there are two magnets per corner and it holds…
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The multiple plug needed a (decent) place and from the floor the cables are too short, now it disappeared behind the dresser (with the help of some powerstrips) …
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The finger brush was always lying around somewhere and you had to look for it, now it has its place (with drip channel)…
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The stainless steel wine glasses in the caravan were always flying around, now they have a place on the wall of the compartment…
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One corner of the clothes rack broke off and the fold-out part is no longer usable. Tracing a photo and constructing a reinforcement as an external support fixed the problem and the stand is still usable in the future.
(The question is why such a thin plastic part is used at all in such a mechanically stressed place, it is presumably not supposed to last long?!)
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Cheap to manufacture, higher profit margin, high replacement rate. $$$
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planned obsolescence for sure!!
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Sometimes the stack of paper is too thick for the hole punch, with this template you can then drill holes at the appropriate distance with the drill…
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Great projects @Cotty ! Somehow I overlooked this topic until now.
I don’t know anybody else who really uses their 3d printer in a useful way like you do so big 
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My first thought was that it was a template for drilling holes for handles on drawer fronts! 
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You can buy those at home Depot or Lowes for around $10 and they are typically multi-size. I guess you could buy one and then create a SU file and then 3D print it, but that seems like a lot of work??
True, but way more fun!
Just checked the 3D warehouse and was surprised to not find a template. I have one and might see if I can scan it or draw it in SU. Will keep you posted
You’re welcome to, but I don’t really need one…
I needed 3g of filament for about 9 ct for this print. But that’s not the main reason for me, I have fun thinking up exactly fitting models and drawing them with SketchUp (that’s why I practically never search online repositories like Thingiverse for ready-made models, even if there was one, I would still draw it myself). A template for multiple sizes would certainly be helpful sometimes, but I only ever need exactly that one size, so I only drew that one. The model creation of this one was finished in a few minutes, so I don’t see much effort here either and rather benefit from the fun of modeling.
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I think @mballes was refering to the “drawerhandle template” I first thought it was…
I saw this modified tic-tac-toe game somewhere (you can cover smaller pieces with larger ones) and had to reprint it right away, it’s more fun than the original…
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Never seen this before. Indeed it seems more fun than the original!!
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