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Assorted (hopefully) "Useful Stuff" Projects

Like the bucket of assorted fasteners on that bottom shelf, this category is for stuff that I didn't know how to group...oh, and speaking of those fasteners, check out the little sortin fella!

2020 Aluminum Extrusion Hardware

Quick Bolt Sorter

General Purpose Turntable - Gen1

Desktop stands, holders, and the like

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Category: Assorted (hopefully) "Useful Stuff" Projects

Baoding Ball Stand

Small (sized for ball measured at 40mm diameter)

A little desk stand for small Baoding balls (or meditation balls, stress balls, etc.). I designed it based on 40mm diameter balls (the black ones in the pictures), but the green balls in the pictures are 48mm diameter and still fit well enough for me.

Should print fine with no supports, brims, etc. I printed mine in PETG at 0.48 layers....I tend toward quick and 'pretty enough' :)

The stand pictured was printed in Black Overture PETG. You can find the slicer files and such here on Printables. If you like the look of those balls...I honestly am having trouble containing my 12 yr old self constantly on this one....they are these "Greenish" ones. I partially bought them just because I love that they actually called them "Greenish"

Large (sized for balls measured at 51mm diameter)

This one is pretty much the same as the one above, but was sized for the larger, 51mm (2") diameter balls. I did also slightly modify the profile on the sides, so there is a slight aesthetic difference I suppose. 

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Caliper Stands:

Generative Design Caliper Stand

 

Hooks and Hangers

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Simple Hook for Wire Shelving

Just a simple hook for hanging cables and similar items in need of hanging. The flat in the middle is sized for a standard label-maker label.

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Simple Hook for 2020 Extrusion

A simple, quick-printing hook for hanging accessories and such from 2020 extrusions. I'm using several of them quite happily on my i3 printer tower. 

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Assorted Frame-making Hardware

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I'm going to make this page a catch-all for various brackets, mounts, connectors, etc. related to assembling  frames/"rigid" structures. 

90 Degree Corners

1.25" SQ Wood Frame

Designed to fasten 1.25" SQ wooden posts to make cubes with flush edges. Not intended to be particularly high load capacity, but I've now built quite a few little (500mm on a side) cubes with them and they are working just fine for my needs! Holes are designed for No. 8, flanged head wood screws.
 
Shouldn't require any supports, brims, etc. I printed the ones in the pictures from this Polymaker ASA in Army Green. But I have also printed them in PETG and they have worked out just fine.
 
I initially designed these for making these (500mm)3  cube frames for some plant growing experiments,  like the little romaine cell shown in the picture below. 
 
Curious about those funky looking red and black printed gizmos with the servos? Those are my "DrumCam Valves". Not gonna lie, I was pretty pleased with myself when  this one worked out as well as it did :)  Certainly not without its faults, but for a first generation design, I think it's definitely a pretty good alternative to the $100+ store-bought alternative!
 
 

2020 Aluminum Extrusion

I recently had a project that resulted in a small pile of different 2020 part designs, so I started a separate page dedicated to them here: 2020 Aluminum Extrusion stuff

Designed to fasten 2020 Aluminum Extrusions to make cubes with flush edges. Not intended to be particularly high load capacity, but I've built quite a few frames from this general design, and they are working just fine for my needs! Holes are designed for M5x16 BHCS fasteners, but slightly shorter (maybe down to 12mm...maybe...?) should work.

Mine have printed fine without supports, brims, etc.

I printed these in Orange Overture PETG with 0.48 layers on a 0.6mm Revo nozzle.

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