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Towel clip

dmatsumoto
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Published on May 13, 2010
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My kids want to wipe their mouths on the hand towels in the bathroom after brushing their teeth, which is gross. I wanted them to start using facecloths, but they are so small they always fall off of the towel bar. This clip attaches to the facecloth and then clips onto the towel bar.

**UPDATED 2010-05-18**

RobertHunt sent me an optimized STL file. I skeinforged it and did a test print to make sure it worked okay. Everything looked great (see uploaded picture of part on the MakerGear heated build platform -- it's Robert's). I recommend that you download that file since it's *way* smaller!

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elspeth on April 7, 2011 said:

My spindle got stuck on the first one I printed, but it was thick enough to handle the towel. The second one I printed was 3 times as big as the first one and didn't hold the towel 3 times better. I'm thinking I could print 3 for the same plastic as 1 and still have usable clips.

Great idea, and things for sharing! :-D

elspeth on April 7, 2011 said:

I forgot to mention, I had to pry the opening on both of my prints in order to use them. I'm still a newbie with my ToM, and I think it is in the Z height. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Anonymous on August 18, 2010 said:

I would like to BUY this object. Would it be possible to have one printed and mailed to Italy?
thanks!

dmatsumoto on August 18, 2010 said:

Logistically, this is the only way I can do this:

http://www.shapeways.com/model...

bre on May 30, 2010 said:

This is a really nice design!

ajo on May 29, 2010 said:

Hi dmatsumoto!, my wife really appreciates your design :-)

ajo on May 28, 2010 said:

Here goes my vote. :)

ajo on May 28, 2010 said:

I made the "micro" variation, it really works in 30x12x5mm 8-)

dmatsumoto on May 28, 2010 said:

very cool! did you put it in blender and scale it down? I need to learn how to use that program. :)

Anonymous on May 28, 2010 said:

I love the design's form. It is practical and allows for a clean print.

dmatsumoto on May 28, 2010 said:

Thanks, and WOW you printed several already! Very cool. I like how you changed the clip release for the towel to be a secondary hook. :)

bre on May 14, 2010 said:

Very nice practical project!

dmatsumoto on May 14, 2010 said:

Thanks, Bre. It's not quite perfect yet, but maybe after a couple of iterations it'll get there. :)

RobertHunt on May 14, 2010 said:

I've sent you a message with a link to an optimised version of this STL, it's just over 100k now.

dmatsumoto on May 14, 2010 said:

Robert, I don't see any messages from you here... can you please try sending the file to me again? BTW, did you use blender to do the cleanup?

dmatsumoto on May 14, 2010 said:

Thank you! I'll print it tomorrow morning and will then post your updated file here... or you can do it as well! I'll try to back off on the level of detail in Alibre -- perhaps that's why the file is so large.

hathawsh on May 14, 2010 said:

I love the idea.

dmatsumoto on May 14, 2010 said:

thanks! I hooked it on today and it's working great already. I'm hoping to make a couple of tweaks to the design tonight so I can print more of them at the office tomorrow. :)

dmatsumoto on May 14, 2010 said:

sorry for the large STL file -- if anyone can reduce the point count in Blender or something, that would be great. Maybe I will simplify the design for r2.

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