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Étui for filament swatches
ATTENTION: if you downloaded models before May 17th 2020, please download again new version of Etui_v2.stl. Finally, for the swatches I have finished design for an étui, (may be better to say a frame, but I like the word étui) to hold the filament swatches together. The first version had thinner walls and was very fragile. I ended up with 5 mm. It holds 10 swatches and there is again, a place for a label of size 38.1 mm x 21.2mm....
Filament Swatch (with a place for a note sticker)
I have a collection of filament samples collected at multiple events from number of filament producers . I was looking for a suitable sample swatch model on internet. Despite that I was trying to resist and not to spend my time to model what already hundreds of people made again, I ended up with a new contribution. I didn’t find a model where I can easily notice some basic information about the filament. Basic size of the swatch is 40...
Traveling to Duesseldorf? This one page of concentrated information might be useful for you.
If you plan to travel to Duesseldorf /Düsseldorf, Germany. This one page of concentrated information might be useful for you. Taxi: There is a taxi queue in front of the terminal exit. Drive to the city center costs around 30EUR to the Messe 20EUR. Local trains and other railway transport: Take SkyTrain to get to the airport train station – Bahnhof Flughafen. You must have a valid ticket for SkyTrain. Local buses: Local bus lines may be more effective than trains for some directions. The bus stop...
Subface – Part 1.
I (also) got an idea to use 3D printed connectors to create irregular structures. With irregular I mean objects without right angels. Good example are the well-known low-polygon models. I was thinking about a system which takes a low-poly model as an input and generates data for 3D printer, laser cutter and all other data to produce components which are used to assembly a structure. Any size, any material. Digital fabrication in practice. It might be quite useful. What do you think? I...
Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 4.
Material: 8 prepared joints 12 aluminium tubes preassembled edge-covers Tools: Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5 mm Allen key bit Notice the orientation of the corner joints. The axis with supports always points up for lower side or down for upper side - parallel to Z-axis. Also, notice how joints are oriented regarding front face and side faces. The z-axis clasp slits are facing right and left. Any wrong orientation doesn't have any functional impact. The enclosure just looks better if joints are symmetrically aligned and are oriented with a "pretty face" to...
Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 3.
Parts and Material 4 parts of acrylic door frame and door nuts & bolts package number [4] (joints and hinges) [5] (mechanical lock) a glue which adheres to metal and plastic Tools Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5mm bit Pliers or a bit for 3M nuts. Phillips screwdriver Insert pins into the hinges. Use glue to fix it. Flat joints and frame parts of hinges. Pay attention to the proper alignment of the acrylic parts. If the holes are not matching - as it is shown on the detailed picture, flip the frame's...
Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 2.
Parts and Material corner joints A and B (BY01W45V02A and BY01W45V02B) nuts & bolts package number [2] and [3] a sheet of paper towel ( kitchen towel, hand towel, toilet paper - any fragrance allowed :-)) Tools Allen key or screwdriver with 2.5mm Allen key bit a small screwdriver, stick or Allen key Use nuts and bolts from the package [2]. Put the square nuts into the sockets. Twist the bolt just to catch the nut. Do not tighten them. You will not be able to...
Y-BOX55 Assembly – Part 1.
Material edge-cover part A (BY03V01A or BY06V01A) edge-cover part B (BY03V01B or BY06V01A) Tools nuts & bolts package number [1] screwdriver with 2mm Allen(hexagonal) bit or Allen key Align the A and B parts Attach the parts together and fasten them with the bolt and square nut. Notice that the bolt sticks out a little bit. Its a feature, not a bug. Don't try to hide it! Continue to the part 2.
