Post by plutronus on Nov 30, 2018 3:08:59 GMT -6
For those of you who either have access to, or possibly might own a 3D printer, I found a really neato 3D printable food bag 'clip' which was designed (and given away gratis..via the European OpenHardware movement) by MasterFX.
See ThingiVerse 3D Object model library:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:330151
The blue pictures are of the 3D CAD rendered design image which only exists as a 'picture', while the black pictures are the resultant actual 3D printed bag clips.
The clickable "DOWNLOAD ALL FILES" button will download all the printer files, generally consists of a README.TXT file,
a group of object 'picture' files...jpegs and then a 'files' directory which in this model, contains three different size bag-clip print files. They are modeled in mm: 65mm = ~2.5" wide, 85mm = ~3.5" wide and 125mm = ~4.5" wide.
One selects the size one desires to 'make' by printing, upload that .stl 'stool' to the printer memory, and then print it!!
The 3D 'ink' or 'filament' used, physically is a bit like really thick fishing line. The filament is usually rolled up onto a plastic spool, which unrolls on a spindle while the filament is being pulled into the 3D printer.
The filament material that is used for the bag-clip is PLA, although a few people are also printing the clips in PETG/PET filament.
Here's a few vendors (there are many) for quality PLA:
colorfabb.com/materials/pla
www.printedsolid.com/collections/new/products/printed-solid-daily-pla-1-75mm-x-1kg
and for quality PETG/PET:
colorfabb.com/materials/co-polyesters/petg-economy
www.printedsolid.com/collections/filament
The bag-clip object has been copied and printed, eg, 'made' by literally thousands of people the world over and everyone says the same thing, and that is that these bag-clips designed by MasterFX, work, that they last longer than molded-plastic commercial food bag clips and often close the bags better than commercial products.
The filament spools need be supported on a stand of some type. One may purchase these or print one, I made one using an empty cardboard box.
My filament spool-stand is mounted on a kluged together stand. The spool-stand is comprised of a FreshStep cat litter box (empty). I have a 9 inch long section of a 1 inch dia PVC pipe which I pushed through both sides of the box through the two holes I cut into the sides of the box for the pipe. The filament spool is supported on the PVC pipe 'spindle' inside between the box sides! Like toilet paper on its roller. Eventually I'll print a spool stand to replace the FreshStep box, but the kluge works just fine!!
plutronus
See ThingiVerse 3D Object model library:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:330151
The blue pictures are of the 3D CAD rendered design image which only exists as a 'picture', while the black pictures are the resultant actual 3D printed bag clips.
The clickable "DOWNLOAD ALL FILES" button will download all the printer files, generally consists of a README.TXT file,
a group of object 'picture' files...jpegs and then a 'files' directory which in this model, contains three different size bag-clip print files. They are modeled in mm: 65mm = ~2.5" wide, 85mm = ~3.5" wide and 125mm = ~4.5" wide.
One selects the size one desires to 'make' by printing, upload that .stl 'stool' to the printer memory, and then print it!!
The 3D 'ink' or 'filament' used, physically is a bit like really thick fishing line. The filament is usually rolled up onto a plastic spool, which unrolls on a spindle while the filament is being pulled into the 3D printer.
The filament material that is used for the bag-clip is PLA, although a few people are also printing the clips in PETG/PET filament.
Here's a few vendors (there are many) for quality PLA:
colorfabb.com/materials/pla
www.printedsolid.com/collections/new/products/printed-solid-daily-pla-1-75mm-x-1kg
and for quality PETG/PET:
colorfabb.com/materials/co-polyesters/petg-economy
www.printedsolid.com/collections/filament
The bag-clip object has been copied and printed, eg, 'made' by literally thousands of people the world over and everyone says the same thing, and that is that these bag-clips designed by MasterFX, work, that they last longer than molded-plastic commercial food bag clips and often close the bags better than commercial products.
The filament spools need be supported on a stand of some type. One may purchase these or print one, I made one using an empty cardboard box.
My filament spool-stand is mounted on a kluged together stand. The spool-stand is comprised of a FreshStep cat litter box (empty). I have a 9 inch long section of a 1 inch dia PVC pipe which I pushed through both sides of the box through the two holes I cut into the sides of the box for the pipe. The filament spool is supported on the PVC pipe 'spindle' inside between the box sides! Like toilet paper on its roller. Eventually I'll print a spool stand to replace the FreshStep box, but the kluge works just fine!!
plutronus