Printed the organizer with the handle on my k1c I got since 2 days without any experience in 3D printing (I still print everything with default settings)....zero issue with the model.
Excellent video, I have just been through the riggers of designing a print in place hinge for a propagator I’m designing. I wanted something that worked straight off the plate with no binding. It took a while to get right. It now works straight off with a 0.4 nozzle and only needs a little snap then works grate with a 0.8. I put it on a little box and put it on makers world as my first model just to see if I can get some feedback before I finish my propagator and post it.
The teardrop hole design significantly weakens the part by increasing "notching effect" this is not a good idea. I designed my own print in place hinges and printed them vertically instead with a round shaft, layer orientation is not optimal but runout is great and I used PETG so layer bond is pretty good.
I like to keep in mind that not everyone is at the same skill level, not all slicers are alike and the list goes on. It is better to design in such a way for the best chance of success no matter what. If you've posted any designs, you'll know that regardless of how good your design is, there are people who will struggle. If you can reduce the problems by addressing it in the design, it'll be better for everyone. Adding a chamfer is pretty simple after all. That's my philosophy anyway, to each their own.
Given these two designs, which one would you prefer?: 1. A design that is very sensitive and will fail if there is any elephants foot. 2. A design that works well regardless. When you know that a design will fail if there's any foot, it just takes a couple seconds to add a little chamfer to the bottom of the critical part and then you have a foolproof model rather than a finicky one.
Printed the organizer with the handle on my k1c I got since 2 days without any experience in 3D printing (I still print everything with default settings)....zero issue with the model.
Excellent video, I have just been through the riggers of designing a print in place hinge for a propagator I’m designing. I wanted something that worked straight off the plate with no binding. It took a while to get right. It now works straight off with a 0.4 nozzle and only needs a little snap then works grate with a 0.8. I put it on a little box and put it on makers world as my first model just to see if I can get some feedback before I finish my propagator and post it.
Thanks for the video! There are surprisingly few videos about both designing and printing print-in-place models :)
Very good informational video, thank you.
Glad you liked it, I'll have many many more to come!
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I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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The teardrop hole design significantly weakens the part by increasing "notching effect" this is not a good idea. I designed my own print in place hinges and printed them vertically instead with a round shaft, layer orientation is not optimal but runout is great and I used PETG so layer bond is pretty good.
Elephant foot is slicer/printer issue and should be eliminated there not in the model.
I like to keep in mind that not everyone is at the same skill level, not all slicers are alike and the list goes on. It is better to design in such a way for the best chance of success no matter what. If you've posted any designs, you'll know that regardless of how good your design is, there are people who will struggle. If you can reduce the problems by addressing it in the design, it'll be better for everyone. Adding a chamfer is pretty simple after all.
That's my philosophy anyway, to each their own.
Given these two designs, which one would you prefer?:
1. A design that is very sensitive and will fail if there is any elephants foot.
2. A design that works well regardless.
When you know that a design will fail if there's any foot, it just takes a couple seconds to add a little chamfer to the bottom of the critical part and then you have a foolproof model rather than a finicky one.