A new 3DP skill for Me....3 hinging parts-one print-zero hardware
It started with the wife asking me if I could print a cell phone stand that is easily carried and adjustable in angle. Sometimes she has meetings (women's group) when we have to be out of town, but she's so "irreplaceable" that they want to face book her in our motel at night :roll:.....and she's tired of having to hold her phone where they can see her lips move (I know) for a solid hour or more.
So I said, first lets see what we can find in Thingiverse, that might save me a lot of time......
Bingo!..... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4924660
https://i.postimg.cc/W1xSvnMv/Screen...-13_151845.png
It has two pivots and I'm thinking I have a drill and some tiny screws....no problem.
So I look at the download (picture below) and its only one part......huh? Well, I guess I'll print it and see......
https://i.postimg.cc/mrMj2HwF/Screen...-13_152050.png
So I did and guess what, it works!.....no screws.....printed at 25% infill in 3hrs 20 min. I had to take a closer look on how he did that......
I put the .STL file back into the slicer, sliced it again, and looked at the results magnified half way down the slice. See below:
https://i.postimg.cc/SRQfrtpW/Screen...-13-141628.png
The brown color denotes the outside edges. You will see that the three parts are really separate and the "hinge" is the cone shapes you see that are printed in recesses. It works perfect.....happy wife....happy me....because I learned a trick that I'm sure I can use in a future print in the reloading hobby. Slick stuff.....am I the only one who would never have thought of this? BTW he also designed stops to it can be carried flat without falling open....neat. Kudos to Joew1120!
https://youtu.be/URp1KeukPpQ
