Cotty's 3D printing adventures

Surfs Up!

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The GPS tracker needs a new place with power supply via USB-A, sits perfectly… (in between the filament was empty, therefore the color change)

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The tent poles were too sharp to support a tarp in the middle. Now it can be placed safely on top and the poles do not sink into the ground. There are also integrated fastenings for cords and pegs in case it gets very windy and the poles need to be secured.

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I wanted to hang small items on the curtain rail in the caravan, now I can…

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An antenna cable had no proper place, now it’s out of the way and well stowed away…

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support structures

(With the new printer I no longer need to worry about using support structures, they can be removed surprisingly well, even with the standard settings, no comparison with previous printers)

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The joint of our toilet roll stand has worn out over time and no longer has the necessary 90°, so rolls slide down easily. It now has a support corset and works perfectly again.

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Printed with tree support structure:

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The space up to the door next to my daughter’s Ikea bed is not enough for a proper bedside table, but at least there is enough storage space and the drawers under the bed can still be used.

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I need a temporary attachment from the ceiling so that the suction hose is not in the way of the saw. However, the saw has to be moved from time to time, so it can’t be a permanent one…

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I have this functional but funny-looking connection for the suction unit on the router:

replaced with this pretty and perfectly fitting adapter:

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There is not enough space between the wall and door for an original skirting board, which was always an unsightly corner:

I placed the end of the existing skirting board on the scanner and traced it:

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New print installed:

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I had a couple of almost empty filament spools, these stands for painting wood used up 3 of them by the end and will certainly come in handy in the future.

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Guests in the company always had to go to the doors first and look at the small door signs to see which was the ladies’ and which was the men’s toilet. Now you can recognise the right door from a distance and head for it.

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(pictogram on both sides)

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The not female one; is that for the X-Binary? Where is the men’s room? :wink:

Very nice design and nicely done. Did you glue up the black shape on both sides? Or a hole and the person figure shape halfway in it?

The pyramids, I did design/copy/altered/print almost the same but with some instead of the orange element just with a glued rubber for sanding instead of painting. I like the two colors. Just PETG or…?
The next set I will use a more rubber kind of filament as the bottom, because in PETG they always jumps everywhere.

In fact good tip to use the last meters of a spool, a spool/color mix doesn’t matter here. Thanks

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Their legs are crossed because they have to GO! :rofl: I like that symbol!

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:rofl:
Was my first thought.

Anyway, both are great!

Both sides are just glued on, printing twice separately seemed to me the quickest and easiest method for this application.

I think they were PLA spools. I would usually put a rubberised tablecloth underneath for later painting tasks, so the feet themselves can be slippery, but certainly a good and valuable hint!

Until now, my daughter’s hair tool has often taken up an “unfavourable position” for the gentlemen of the house, but now it has been given a more suitable place…

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The previous solution of tilting the upper box when melting the wax was wobbly and very provisional, the new printed support (2nd is still being printed) holds the angle of the box much more reliably.

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I’m thinking about building a geodesic dome as a greenhouse, a model already exists…

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Has anyone ever built one and has any important tips?

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Paul Robinson has build many of them and made a lot of videos.

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