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TwistedBoxes

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wizard23
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Published on November 28, 2009
This thing was Featured on November 29, 2009

Description

parametric OpenSCAD model for a twisted box consisting of two parts that screw into each other.

Instructions

Parametrize it to your needs by setting the parameters in the TwistedBox module in the OpenSCAD script.

* DXF files supplies the footprint for the extruded parts
* height
* twisting angle
* height of grip

I exported some sample boxes along with some footprint dxf files to get you started.

In the examples I used 1.5mm as the with of the extruded boxes which gets skeinforged into 2 printed layers with no infill in between on my setup. for the space between the screwing parts I used 0.5mm but you might want to make this a little bit bigger if you have very irregularly shaped footprint. There are 4 layers that define how the parts will screw together.


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moonj on December 5, 2012 said:

Still my favorite part to print!

DoktorP on July 6, 2012 said:

In the SCAD-file is a semicolon missing.

module BoxBottom() {
difference() {
union() {
basicShape("outside_outside", 0, gripH);
&
lt;------

basicShape("inside_outside", 0, totalH-topFloorH);

}

basicShape("inside_inside", bottomFloorH, totalH);

}

}

wizard23 on July 6, 2012 said:

thanks...I updated the file!

strange...maybe older versions of openSCAD would take it anyway...

phoov on February 18, 2012 said:

I made a twisted heart for everyone in my son's 5th grade class for valentine's day. They just loved them. I made a very large one for the teacher. We just love your design. :)

wizard23 on October 22, 2012 said:

I only saw this now...very good idea! I'm very happy that someone on the other side of the planet likes and prints this...3d printing is a cool thing :)

mikeq on October 6, 2011 said:

Nice design. My print came out great in translucent PLA! The top and bottom fit together perfectly.

wizard23 on October 6, 2011 said:

cool...that probably means you have calibrated the skeinforge parameters very well :)

ren758 on November 11, 2010 said:

I made a couple with PLA - I ended up with _way too tight_ of a ft.

I dropped the temp 30 degrees - with the same problem. Anybody with some Plastics/Mat Sci-Fu?

Ovality is good - table is level, z-wobble is good. Belts are tight.
What am I doing wrong?

nophead on December 5, 2009 said:

How did you make the gold ones?

wizard23 on December 5, 2009 said:

they are not gold...its black ABS from the makerbotstore. the picture was taken with a mobile phone cam and a the light was kind of yellowish.

Anonymous on December 1, 2009 said:

If you print them in white ABS it gets REALLY pretty when you put an LED in it. I put an RGB led in it with a small 3 V button cell battery in it.

wizard23 on December 2, 2009 said:

wow..this looks cool. it's so cool to see the model printed somewhere in the world shared by the internet :)

wizard23 on November 30, 2009 said:

thanks! I also want to print them as gifts...made from PLA instead of ABS because its greener :)

catarina on November 29, 2009 said:

This is wonderful, thanks! I'm definitely printing some of these as christmas gifts.

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