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.

Video: https://streamable.com/p1g18u

  • NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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          1 year ago

          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.

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            1 year ago

            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.

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              1 year ago

              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.

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                1 year ago

                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.

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                  1 year ago

                  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.

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    1 year ago

    Looks good! I’d recommend printing the base layer in line with how the water will drain out. As it is now, you have the ridges perpendicular which is going to retain more water

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      1 year ago

      Haha, yeah the thing on the left is a soap dispenser but I’ve never used it. And I added the glass rinser.

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          1 year ago

          Yep, they are super nice and easy to install, especially if you have a hole already there. I would have removed the soap dispenser and used that if the extra hole wasn’t there already.

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    1 year ago

    This really cool. I would buy this. Some many frustrations at the sink for a perfectionist

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      1 year ago

      Thanks. A great majority of my prints are for stuff around the house that isn’t really necessary, but nice to have, haha.

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      1 year ago

      If im not wrong OP said they have been using it for a year already

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        1 year ago

        This one is new, but I had a small one that just held the sponges that I had been using for about a year with no issue. It was a separate grate and base design though.

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      1 year ago

      Lol, sorry. I meant it was one piece, i.e. not base and grate. I’ll reword it. It’s 4 printed pieces welded together.

    • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I think OP wasn’t clear. It’s at least 4 pieces if we’re going by seams. Probably meant that it’s a single unit now, as in it’s all connected together

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      Zooming into the image, by “all one piece,” they mean the grates and bottom plate, as there are seams along the back wall at about one average bed width apart

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    1 year ago

    This exact thing is at the top of my todo list.
    I hadn’t thought about doing as one big piece and just putting a collar around the faucet.
    I have been searching STLs for ideas and hoping to find something that would offer a good starting place and give me a jump into creating it (I’m still a bit of a 3d cad newb). I don’t suppose you have the files hosted anywhere that I could grab them?