Bowl with Chopsticks Hair Piece - Easy Print
by nucleardog · via Printables
| Format | STL |
| Category | Home |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Triangles | 6.6k |
| Uploaded | Mar 18, 2025 |
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Description
Be aware— In many Asian cultures chopsticks standing in a bowl reflects various funerary traditions and can be rude or offensive. There are variants on the original model that remove the chopsticks. (And the entire need for this remix which is why I didn’t include any on this model.) My wife is Chinese. She thought this would be cute for our daughter and saw no issues with the chopsticks even given the potential associations. I’m going to defer to my Chinese wife on Chinese culture. I’m calling this out here so you can make your own decision. The original model could be printed vertically but left very little bed contact. Printing it laying down required substantial supports because the chopsticks were floating slightly off the bed. I'm better at quick model hackjobs than I am at printing, so I changed the model instead. This remix expands the support bar and moves the chopsticks down to be in contact with the bed to make it easier to print flat with no supports. The back (side facing the hair) of the chopsticks have been flattened a little to increase the contact patch. A second variant is included with the entire bottom of the bowl removed to give a little more room for people with more/larger/curlier hair as requested in one of the makes on the original. If you don't mind the chopsticks being moved slightly, then no reason you can't print that one vertically as well (though now with even less bed contact). I printed this laying flat with no supports. I did include a brim just out of an abundance of caution to make sure the chopsticks didn't come unstuck or curl. Printed pretty cleanly even on my terrible setup. (Also please excuse the terrible paint job. I'm as good at painting as I am at printing.)
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