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Quick fix: Fixing household goods with a 3d printer

2019-11-2
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3 D Printing
Summary:
  • Designed and 3D printed a replacement valve handle for a broken garden sprayer using caliper measurements and CAD
  • Prototyped a custom fix for a broken household tool in under 22 minutes of print time
  • Exported a functional replacement part from CAD to 3MF and sliced for rapid fabrication

With a quick set of measurements and a 3d printer many household items can be fixed

The Problem

The Borked Valve

The valve on this sprayer has a broken handle

A few minutes with calipers and some CAD…

Model of valve

Zip zap zoop - after fighting to get an STL exported from the CAD package here we go:

valve-fix.3mf

Sliced valve knob

22 minutes of print time later we have a de-broken household tool!

Lever installed on garden tool

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