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chopsticks with built in fingers and a supportive base for printing

by AlabamaTick · via Printables
FormatSTL
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UploadedJan 9, 2024
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Description

I found some chopsticks with fingers built-in on this website. This was one of my first prints. My printer was extruding plastic into thin air?! Not sure what was wrong until I realized this needed support. Took me 2 days to build simple supports using FreeCAD (first-time user) to support the fingers. Not sure why these were not designed to be printed lying down instead of sticking straight up. At the top of the chopstick, there is a lot of movement during printing (because it is sticking straight up) and my printer had some difficulty with the last one inch. I tried to fix that problem with FreeCAD but I am still a NOOB.

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