The bottom hinge of my shower cabinet door is broken. Can’t buy a replacement because it’s too old. I think about design it and print in metal. Or to sawing and filling it out of a metallic block.

I‘m not sure how stable a metallic print is. The glass door is quite heavy either around 15 kilos. Do you guys have recommendations?

And do you know a metallic print service in Germany or Europe? I own just a plastic printer

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Get a metal bar, bend it like the sketch I did and drill the corresponding holes. You could 3d print a rectangular spacer to stop the pin holding part from compressing in use.

      • DrunkenPirate@feddit.deOPEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Hi guys, thx for all your help. My project is finally successful. Shower hinge repaired - entire shower cabinet usable now. Let’s give you a short feedback:

        • I‘ve chosen PCBway as it was the cheapest with 90€ for stainless steel, laser sintering.
        • Other both providers were around 300€ up to 1000€ ( this one in chrome though)
        • The production & delivery time was quite long with 2-3 weeks from China. But I‘m not in a hurry.
        • I did two plastic prototypes first and discovered always a few new details I didn’t recognize first.
        • The metallic print is stainless steel (hope better than Tesla quality) and it‘s fully printed - not the walls only.

        At all it costs 130€ for the print, oil, silicone sealant and some other things. Saved me approx 2-4000€ for a new shower cabinet as spare parts were out of production. A picture in comment below.