3D Printing
Brief - A Tool That Hooks
Hang in There, Gravity Print Hook designed and fabricated by Julie Corcoran.
Concept
Wall Mounted Gravity Print Hook
Fusion Software Design Render.
Research
I wanted to research existing solutions for holding or hooking onto prints. The key point being that the method of hooking the print must be non-destructive. I discovered the gravity hook which utilises marbles usually placed inside a length of wood.
I followed a Youtube tutorial to learn how to design a keyhole feature to hook onto wall screws.
Pausing the print to add the marbles
Final 3D Print
The Cura software indicated 1 day and 2 hours to complete the print using 255g of PVA 0.4mm filament.
So I began the print at 10am. The first thing I noticed was the first layer was not fusing together. So the print was aborted.
The temperature in the Cura software was adjusted from 200C to 215C as I was reliably informed (by Carl) that sometimes the default settings need tweaking for the Irish environment.
The second attempt was perfect.
The following day I returned to the Fab Lab to pause the print just before the bridge was printed to add 18 glass marbles.
The height of the print meant vibrations from the nozzle could be amplified, destabilising the base of the print so speed was adjusted down by 50% for the last hour and a half.
