cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5265624
I made this about a year ago and it’s one of my favorite creations. Even though I made a mistake in measuring the bottom and had to cut out some slots. One day I’ll print it again, but it used a ton of filament and took forever last time.
I had no desire for a 3D printer until this post.
This is one of my favorite things to hear. I love sharing not only what 3D printing is capable of, but just in general things that I feel like improve life even in some small way. Reach out of you want to take that desire further and have any questions on how to get started or anything.
I was going to suggest posting this to the homeorganisation community, then I realised you’re the guy who made that community as well; you’re really prolific at these custom organisation prints, I’m impressed!
I have to ask are you a 3D designer by profession or is this just a hobby?
Haha that’s great. Thank you. No it’s just a hobby. I do have a background in graphic design and a huge interest in technology and computers and I guess I’ve just married the two into a hobby.
Countdown until someone posts that you are already dead from bacteria in the layer lines.
I so need to do this for my toolboxes. I know it would take a long time, but it would end up saving me so much more time.
3D printed stuff is not geat for hygienic reasons because the little groves accumulate dirt over time and is hard to clean. Did you coat the print somehow?
Oh man, how nice is it to hip-slam the hell outta that drawer, knowing your forks and spoons will be lovingly cradled
How did you print such a large item? Is it glued together somewhere?
Yes it’s 6 pieces “welded” together. I use a soldering iron to “weld” along the seams.
I’ve tried that before, but it always hardens before I put the pieces together. How do you do it?
Are you trying to melt and then stick together like glue? I place the 2 pieces together and then run a soldering iron down along the seam and “weld” the 2 pieces together while they are touching eachother.
Good tip, you can also add extra filament. You can use CA glue to keep parts in position while welding. You might find that CA glue is enough tho
I’ve had a hard time getting super glue to bond PLA+ and I think I had a hard time with white PET-G too.
Edit: super glue is CA glue. Right?
Yeah, CA and superglue is the same. Well I made 350 mm diameter hedgehog wheel by gluing 6 peaces together. It survived few years of use and cleaning. I also made a PC case, was going to weld it, but looks like CA is enough. Maybe change glue brand? I used locktite for both (abs and pla)
Thanks! I’ll give loctight a try.
Also, get some hand clamps. Helps immensely holding things together to let the glue cure. I use these. Not too pricey and can be used on many other things as well.
Yeah, I use glue, welding, and I have a 3D pen for filling creases as well. I use a 1, 2, or all 3 depending on what I’m trying to achieve.
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Oh! Yup, that’s exactly what I was doing, melting them and then trying to stick them together. Is the seam invisible when you’re finished, using your welding method? Does it require touch-up? Is it strong enough, considering only the outer edges are fused?
Yeah, it will harden way too fast to do that. Like the other commenter said, use glue to stick them together, then you can weld the seams, and also add some extra filament if you want a smoother seam. I just welded that print as it’s all held in pretty tight in the drawer. There’s almost no gap around the outside at all. I just welded and there is a visible seam, but it’s minor and I don’t need it to be perfectly smooth. If you wanted it to be perfectly smooth, I’d add filament and then sand it flat and possibly paint if you felt inclined.
As far as strength, like I said for this print it didn’t need to be, but it really depends on what you’re making. Use your best judgement, CA glue bonds very well. I use clear gorilla glue myself. It doesn’t expand like normal gorilla glue. But yeah, I use a combination usually depending on what it is. Like I said, just use your best judgement and definitely keep the parts together and weld along the seam instead of melting and trying to stick together, lol.
Thanks for all of the tips! Sticking multiple pieces together has been a real sticking point for me.
Haha, nice!
I’ve seen these extra long chopsticks in stores before. What are they used for, other than utensils for giants?
Cooking, usually in a wok. My mom got them for me a couple years ago. I’ve yet to use them even though I do cook with chopsticks often. They’re just too big.
They might be used for cooking, like the chopsticks equivalent of a giant spatula or something like that
The sort of prints that become part of your life are my favorite.
Is there more/less a risk of using micro plastics with food stuff than traditional plastic?
I would really love to use a 3D printer for all of these home organization tasks but am worried of increasing consumption of micro plastics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylactic_acid Is the most commonly used printing material. I would rather eat that than just about any other “food safe” traditional plastic in my kitchen.
There are other concerns about the actual food safeness of printed objects because of their physical structure being a harbor for bacteria and such, but ingestion isn’t one of them.
“PLA Filament” isn’t pure PLA, it can contain lots of additives that aren’t food safe.
After getting into 3d printing…I would never put anything printed next to anything edible. That seems like a quick way to get cancer or worse.
Now I want to 3d print, just to make one for my house!
If you are interested at all, the hobby has never been cheaper to get into. <$200 gets you a printer and several spools of filament to learn with.
Now I want to 3d print, just to make my house!
What? That’s not even real silver! And is it really aware of itself?? Nah, seriously, I’ll steal this idea instantly.
