Hey! This thing is still a Work in Progress.
Files, instructions, and other stuff might change!
Herb Grinder
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Published on March 11, 2012
Description
Its for grinding herbs and plant matter.... such as oregano, basil, tyme, mint ETC.
Instructions
From what I have seen, this is the worlds first 3d printed grinder. The design needs to be refined. currently it works, but not perfectly. I have included the rhino .3dm files and parametric grasshopper definition .ghx if this helps.
With support beneath, you could extrude pictures/ text etc and create custom grinders.
slasher is a large grinder with different shaped teeth so the grinder is one-directional and can be seen in the screenshot. grinderting is smaller and similar to classic plastic grinders (photos).
Be careful not to be grinding any plastic into your herbs! I printed with ABS but perhaps PLA is better.
I think reasonably slow print speed is best to get good resolution of the teeth, it is however not as good as a grinder created from a mould as it is impossible to get the teeth as sharp with a RepRap.
Peace
With support beneath, you could extrude pictures/ text etc and create custom grinders.
slasher is a large grinder with different shaped teeth so the grinder is one-directional and can be seen in the screenshot. grinderting is smaller and similar to classic plastic grinders (photos).
Be careful not to be grinding any plastic into your herbs! I printed with ABS but perhaps PLA is better.
I think reasonably slow print speed is best to get good resolution of the teeth, it is however not as good as a grinder created from a mould as it is impossible to get the teeth as sharp with a RepRap.
Peace
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3rdDayArtisan
on
November 10, 2012
said:
I tried printing this last night and everything was going well except it wouldnt print the top of the teeth for some reason slic3r stopped about half way up any ideas as to what went wrong?
johnbentcope
on
March 16, 2012
said:
I would honestly remove the winkwinknudgenudge from your description. http://www.thingiverse.com/leg...
GeekDad63
on
March 11, 2012
said:
Yes! It's for "herbs"! Thank goodness I can finally grind my oregano to perfection!
License
Herb Grinder by ganjamantingboi is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
Yeah dude, your name totally gives it away. On another note, would you be able to print a 4 piece one? or would the threading and screen be too small?