Tag: 3d-printing

Jess started a new medication which only comes in liquid form, in fact it’s a cough syrup that enhances another medication she takes. To help her remember to take it I designed and printed little bottles to put in her pill case so she sees them when she takes her regular pills.

I modeled it using SolveSpace in like 30 minutes. Pretty happy with how it came out. Here are some of them with the original bottle:

I gave Jess the game Hardback for Mother’s Day. It’s a small box with a bunch of cards in it and some bits and pieces. I found someone designed an organizer for the bits and pieces that looks like a hardcover book. So I printed one of those. However, when I printed it I found it didn’t fit aligned in the box with the cards. It was too wide by ~2-3mm and would bow the box. Rather than try to adjust the model and reprint it I decided to augment what I had with an organizer for the cards so they don’t slide to the bottom when you take some of them out.

So now the bits-organizer sits perpendicular to the cards with room next to it for the game-modifier cards (Fanfiction Cards) with dividers for the other cards to keep everything in place. I’m quite happy with it. Also designed in SolveSpace. I spent a few hours on it partly because I made one design and then decided to scrap it and start over with a different approach.

I printed and assembled copies of the Trinidad Head Light Station model, which I designed earlier in the year, to give to my team at work as end-of-the-year gifts (one of our main projects is named after the lighthouse).

That was all I printed this month, but I received some fancy filaments for Christmas that I’ll need to come up with some fun uses for in 2025.

Also didn’t get much designing and printing done this month.

I did make an updated light-switch plate for the living room with fall leaves. Yellow seemed like a nice contrast to the red, but it’s basically impossible to see from a few feet away. Orange would have been a better choice.

And I printed a bunch of things for Heather’s parties. A spider to dangle from the chandelier, the cats and mice for the adventure, and the party-favor pumpkins.

Pretty cool to be able to decide, “I want a big spider to dangle over the table.” Then click some buttons and in a couple of hours and for less than a dollar you’ve got one.

Just a few things this month.

First a cover for an RSA OTP token. Due to security changes at work I now have to have 2 of these and needed a way to differentiate which one was for which system. So I designed and printed this little cover and also printed a few for coworkers.

I did the design in SolveSpace and then put the text on in Bambu Studio. My first attempt was not strong enough and the “legs” snapped off almost immediately, but this version seems to be holding up really well.

STL Files (no text on cover):

For Jess’ birthday adventure I needed a key with an embedded magnet and a “lock” with a contact sensor inside. So I designed and printed those.

I wanted some autumn-themed sugar cookies, but our big bin of cookie cutters has no leaves in it (it has Halloween stuff). So I found some leaf-shaped cookie cutters and printed them. I took the cookies to work and, whoops, they all got eaten and I didn’t take a picture of them.

I believe I used this model for the Maple leaf: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1149605/files

And this model for the Oak and what-they’re-calling-Elm leaves: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4675537

Most of my modeling energy has been in to some longer term projects I’m working on. So I didn’t get much printed this month.

First up was a modification to my organizer for The Guild of Merchant Explorers. The guy that runs the board-game group was impressed with my design and wanted one for himself, but he puts all his cards in sleeves. So I modified the card trays for sleeved cards and printed him a copy. The modified version is up on MakerWorld with the original.

The cats had an altercation at the window screen the other night and when we came out to investigate (at 2am) we found that the screen had been pushed in ~4-5 inches and the little plastic catch that holds it in place was broken. So apparently a neighborhood cat threw itself at the screen?

So I measured things and designed and printed out little catches that pressure-fit into the jamb opening and hold the screen in place. Seem to work pretty well. I couldn’t get one out when I tried.