I printed a small sponge holder a while back and have been using it about a year now. Ive been seeing these ads for silicone drainers lately and decided to make something similar. This is actually v2. The first one had a separate base and grates on top but I didn’t like how it turned out. This is a combined grate and base. Printed in 4 pieces and welded together.
Cool!
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while, but was always worried about the water. I was thinking of getting some epoxy resin and coating it.
Thanks. Epoxy definitely wouldn’t hurt, but I don’t find it necessary. The old one, printed in PLA, I used about a year with no issues.
That’s good to hear!
Might be the push I needed to give it a go :)
Post if you do. Love seeing interesting household prints. If you’re curious, how I designed it, I took an overhead photo and brought that into Fusion360. Scaled it to proper size and then just designed on top of the canvas. Did the same thing with a silverware organizer I made a while back. Took a few test prints (just a 1mm base with the holes cut out). I had to make a few fine adjustments, but it fits perfectly now.
Cool! Will do :)
I’ve always been meaning to try the photo thing - I’ve always just reverted to making some sketches on an ipad/paper, and taking as many measurements as I can, and then printing some test fits.
Same, it really depends on what I’m making, I guess. Bigger things I need to fit in/around stuff I tend to take photos. But I always do a bunch of test prints anyway.
Yeah, I’ve always been meaning to get that process tightened down Abit to minimize the number of iterations required. Though I haven’t figured out what that would entail lol.
The photos help for me, but I mostly just try to make as many modifications as I can for each iteration. And I print 1mm ‘base’ prints until I’m satisfied it’s ready for the final.
Oh yes! haha I often do the same with the 1mm type prints :)