Happy approaching-Valentine's Day!
Funny thing, I'm usually terrible about modelling things for specific events like that, and the timing on this one, I have to admit, is purely luck - the whole Valentine's Day thing wasn't something that occurred to me until this model needed a name!
You see, I started out to mak...
2023-01-16 16:39:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Stackable boxes are just the best. These vase mode boxes are an exploration of texture and layers in vase mode, and are made to stack in somewhat industrially-inspired columns.
Most models have some key feature that drives the design, and in this case it's the layering of the I-shape...
2023-01-16 16:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy new year, wonderful people!
Yes, it's that time when we all gather around our printers and welcome the new year, one layer at a time!
Presenting the Tentacle Treasure Chest! This print-in-place treasure chest with suckery tentacle has a lid that pivots on a hidden internal hinge and rotates to t...
2022-12-31 18:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Nope, it's not a multimaterial print, it's an assembly! This bowl features voids for separately-printed coloured panels, and the whole thing is kept securely together by a ring that screws down over the top. If you really wanted to, you could print all the parts in one colour, but...
2022-12-31 18:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you stretch your memory back some way you might recall one or two vase mode container designs that had threaded lids, like the Swirly-Whirly eggs, and, er, what did I call that cylindrical one again? Anyway, the thing with those designs is that the threads on those are internal forms an...
2022-12-31 18:24:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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By popular demand, we have fries to go along with the burger and shake boxes! Yes, your delicious and nutritionally-questionable printed fast food meal will now be more satisfying, with the addition of some fried goodness.
This box differs from the others by having a lift-off lid rat...
2022-12-18 15:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We're only a week away from Christmas but that doesn't mean we can't have last-minute baubles!
Yes, in case you haven't already printed too many baubles, here are some more, and this time they're shaped in a teardrop form. I just like vase mode and couldn't resist exploring another shape for these things! Th...
2022-12-18 15:50:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's been a while since I've designed a mechanically-latching box! I've made cogs that drive other cogs, cogs that drive rack gears, but not a box that has a side-to-side rack gear that drives a cog latch. And, that's how this one operates - there's a latch in the lid that can be...
2022-12-18 15:50:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's a rocket! It's also a container, but you don't really *have* to put anything inside it. Other than astronauts, obviously. The lid attaches firmly via a screw thread, so it won't go falling off if the rocket has to go zooming around.
2022-12-18 15:50:08 +0000 UTC
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Multimaterial Doughnut Box Lid and Partly-Eaten Version
By popular demand there is now support for printing the sprinkles on the Sugar Rush Doughnut Box as part of a multimaterial print! It's actually only the sprinkle models that are new - the lid itself is the same, which also means that the spr...
2022-11-30 14:08:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Modern, thin monitors can be a convenient place to hang your headphones! This little hook hangs over the front of the monitor just a little so as not to obscure the display on small-bezel setups, and provides a curved platform at the back on which to hang ones trusty headset.
Since t...
2022-11-30 14:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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Proportions, shapes and textures are a big part of what I love about 3D printing design, and some models show that more clearly than others - like this one! Those corner curves that correspond to the strut widths, the satisfying fit of the lid into its recess, and of course the repetitiv...
2022-11-30 14:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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Merry festivity-oriented season! You might remember last year's vase mode baubles, and if so you are probably thinking "needs more dodecahedron", am I right? Well, fear not, because now we have vase mode dodecahedral baubles!
Now, the big difference between those round ones...
2022-11-30 14:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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Do you like articulated, multi-segment lids on boxes? Who doesn't?! The Nautilus Box has a lid with five segments that pull and push against each other to form a semicircular enclosure, and there's space for a pair of 6x3mm cylindrical magnets to hold things closed.
So, let's l...
2022-11-20 13:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Texture is a wonderful thing! These little boxes are as much for tactile fidgeting as they are for storing small things. The sides carry rows of grooves and the cap closure is knurled for extra grippableness.
The two halves also have locating features to keep them aligned when being closed - a ridge and prot...
2022-11-20 13:40:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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This one has been on my to-do list for way too long: simple, stacking cube organising boxes in vase mode! But, of course, I had to find a way to make it more interesting along the way :)
There are some recurring themes in the vase mode stuff I do, and one of those is the idea of ...
2022-11-20 13:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Transporting a set of dice in this perilous world can be a hazardous experience. Fortunately, the magic of 3D printing can keep our dice safe and stylishly encapsulated!
This twist on the twisty-box idea started out with a regular hexagonal profile, but magnets changed all that. ...
2022-11-20 13:40:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, it's that time of year again when we all celebrate vase mode printing! Merry vase-mas! Okay, okay, so here we have a Christmas tree (or a tree for any other festive/non-festive tree-oriented occasion) that is intended to also celebrate the wonder of hexagons!
This stylised tree is made of twisted panels...
2022-11-20 13:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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People like variety in their burgers. The moment the Nice Buns Burger Box was out there I was getting requests for more ingredients, so here are a few! If you check out the photo above you'll see....
* Sauce! Delicious, drippy sauce.
* Pickles!
* Beetroot....
2022-10-30 15:25:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yes, this design is named entirely based on the fact that I printed it in a dazzling 80s throwback colour scheme. All the elements of the texture food pyramid are represented here, from nourishing hexagons to delicious three-axis circular perforations.
This screw-top flask comes in...
2022-10-30 15:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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A fancy chess set needs a fancy board! It will come as no surprise that we've ended up in the land of tessellation, because tessellation is great and really does lend itself to making a form that's as large as a full-sized chess board turns out to be!
The primary consideration here w...
2022-10-30 15:24:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's a burger! And it can hold stuff! How much stuff depends on how many layers are stacked together...
The Nice Buns Burger Box parts print separately and each component screws onto the bun base, with the bun top lid screwing on to close things up. The cheese obvious...
2022-10-18 14:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Vase Mode Cauldron
You might remember Skeleton Soup from around this time last year! Well, I had a request for a vase mode version of the cauldron from that! Of course, it wasn't a model that was directly viable to print in vase mode, so a few changes had to be made, most notably to the hand...
2022-10-18 14:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Clamp Spool Holders V2!
There are two more print-in-place clamp spool holders! These don't replace the previous one, though, so much as add options (and a little refinement). Requests for spool holder mods included:
* Allow a piece of PTFE tubing to be inserted to reduce friction
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Here we have swirly-style vase mode chess pieces, sized according to tournament standards and waiting to line up on a board near you.
I've had endless requests for chess sets over the years, but it wasn't until a recent call for vase mode chess pieces that I really got inspired. Ches...
2022-10-18 14:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post
There are two things here related specifically to printers, one which is fairly generic, and one quite specific. But they're both related to printers so they get to share a post!
Clamp Spool Holder
Inspired by the Clamp Hook, this much larger version is intended to hold a spool of filament b...
2022-09-30 14:49:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a noise maker! And it's an excuse to put cogs and gearing to work in the service of making really annoying sounds.
So, wonderful people, let's look at what this is and how it works! The core of this model is a series of interlocked cogs, and those are actually from another model that I've been working o...
2022-09-30 14:49:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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More vase mode, more textures and shapes. Where the Zither Vase played with light and shadow, the Resplendence Vase is all about all the shine, all the time. A showpiece for the gloriously glossy filaments we are lucky enough to have these days!
There's still texture aplenty in...
2022-09-30 14:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Do you like vase mode? Of course you do! Vase mode is the best! For me, though, vase mode is often a way to explore textures and shapes, and this Zither Vase is exhibit A on that front.
Those wavy lines, which get wavier as they progress down the vase, add an amazin...
2022-09-30 14:48:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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Me and geometry, best friends forever! I get caught up a lot in dodecahedra, cuboctahedra and more elaborate forms whose names I have to look up on Wikipedia to have any chance of getting them correct, but it's important not to overlook the joys of the humble cube!
Now, this cube is ...
2022-09-30 14:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
