Thingiverse
Customisable Latching Broom Holder
door GregFrost
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This thing is a great example of something useful you can do with your printer. It allows you to hang any broom or rake like object using a convenient click in, click out latch. This youtube video shows and example of one in action mounting a rake:
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IiOiMgAuLM
Looping:
https://www.youtube.com/v/_IiOiMgAuLM?version=3&loop=1&playlist=_IiOiMgAuLM
Some of the features of the design:
It prints as one piece using its own parts for support. Where the hinges join, the model is weakened by leaving a blank layer and minimising the contact so that it can be broken free to actuate the hinge. Each hinge is designed to use a metal pin (three needed in total). You can use anything from a screw to a nail to a paperclip of a piece of coat hanger. I have been using nails with 2mm diameter in holes designed to 3mm so they slide in easily. There is an image attached showing a cross section of the hinge holes so you can see how they work.
The base is
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IiOiMgAuLM
Looping:
https://www.youtube.com/v/_IiOiMgAuLM?version=3&loop=1&playlist=_IiOiMgAuLM
Some of the features of the design:
It prints as one piece using its own parts for support. Where the hinges join, the model is weakened by leaving a blank layer and minimising the contact so that it can be broken free to actuate the hinge. Each hinge is designed to use a metal pin (three needed in total). You can use anything from a screw to a nail to a paperclip of a piece of coat hanger. I have been using nails with 2mm diameter in holes designed to 3mm so they slide in easily. There is an image attached showing a cross section of the hinge holes so you can see how they work.
The base is
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