Personalized Soda Can Holder v2
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Published on February 21, 2011
Derived from
Parametric Soda Can Holder
by JadeKnight
Description
Is that chilled soda too cold to hold?
Are people 'accidentally' mixing up their drinks with yours?
Now you can print a personalized soda can holder! It will help keep your hands warm, your drink cold, and let everyone know which one is yours!
I took my rotational bitmap font extension and applied it to my Parametric Soda Can Holder. This was the primary reason I created the rotational fonts extension ;).
You can customize a single line on the top ring, up to 2 lines on the bottom ring, a clockwise and counterclockwise message on the bottom, and a single line on the side of the handle. All of them are optional, so just set the ones you want.
The messages can be cut, extruded, offset, scaled, etc.
I also tuned the original file a bit by smoothing the cylinders, and adding an option to cut finger grips into the handle. I still plan on trying to smooth out the edges/corners of the handle a bit, but it's perfectly usable as is.
I exported an example, using the name of my favorite Looney Tunes character. It's hard to see in the picture, but the inset/cut letters came out pretty good.
Are people 'accidentally' mixing up their drinks with yours?
Now you can print a personalized soda can holder! It will help keep your hands warm, your drink cold, and let everyone know which one is yours!
I took my rotational bitmap font extension and applied it to my Parametric Soda Can Holder. This was the primary reason I created the rotational fonts extension ;).
You can customize a single line on the top ring, up to 2 lines on the bottom ring, a clockwise and counterclockwise message on the bottom, and a single line on the side of the handle. All of them are optional, so just set the ones you want.
The messages can be cut, extruded, offset, scaled, etc.
I also tuned the original file a bit by smoothing the cylinders, and adding an option to cut finger grips into the handle. I still plan on trying to smooth out the edges/corners of the handle a bit, but it's perfectly usable as is.
I exported an example, using the name of my favorite Looney Tunes character. It's hard to see in the picture, but the inset/cut letters came out pretty good.
Instructions
This OpenSCAD file requires the rotational_bitmap.scad ( thingiverse.com/thing:6565 ) and the original bitmap.scad ( thingiverse.com/thing:2054 ) to be in the same directory.
Set up your messages and export STL's for the top, bottom, and handle. Print one of each, and assemble using some spare M3 bolts, washers, and nuts.
If the rings seem fairly weak (like a small gap in the middle of the ring), just shrink the wall thickness slightly (~0.1 increments) until you get a nice print with 4 circle threads that closely touch each other. If you get less than 4 threads in the circle, you may need to increase the wall thickness. You can watch the Skeinforge output to see when you get this.
You can tune the OpenSCAD file to get rid of the bolt holes if you prefer to use glue. The radii were tuned for a standard soda can. If you want to hold a different sized can, change it.
If you have a lot of characters in your messages, and try to use the assembled view, OpenSCAD might freak out and stop rendering it correctly. This doesn't seem to be an issue if you just test/export the individual pieces.
When you compile the CGAL, prepare to wait a long time if you are using a lot of characters in your strings. I believe it took around 10-15 minutes for OpenSCAD to process each of the example pieces I uploaded here.
The top ring message will appear upside down, but that's because you flip it over when you assemble the holder ;).
Set up your messages and export STL's for the top, bottom, and handle. Print one of each, and assemble using some spare M3 bolts, washers, and nuts.
If the rings seem fairly weak (like a small gap in the middle of the ring), just shrink the wall thickness slightly (~0.1 increments) until you get a nice print with 4 circle threads that closely touch each other. If you get less than 4 threads in the circle, you may need to increase the wall thickness. You can watch the Skeinforge output to see when you get this.
You can tune the OpenSCAD file to get rid of the bolt holes if you prefer to use glue. The radii were tuned for a standard soda can. If you want to hold a different sized can, change it.
If you have a lot of characters in your messages, and try to use the assembled view, OpenSCAD might freak out and stop rendering it correctly. This doesn't seem to be an issue if you just test/export the individual pieces.
When you compile the CGAL, prepare to wait a long time if you are using a lot of characters in your strings. I believe it took around 10-15 minutes for OpenSCAD to process each of the example pieces I uploaded here.
The top ring message will appear upside down, but that's because you flip it over when you assemble the holder ;).
License
Personalized Soda Can Holder v2 by JadeKnight is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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