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Printed battery cover for FrSky Taranis
I normally use a LiFe 3S for the radio and my last one lasted about 10 years before puffing so bad that I couldn’t use it any more. I needed a quick replacement and wanted to use 18650 cells but they won’t fit in the stock battery compartment. Enter the 3D printer once again to…
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3D printed NPT Industrial to tube couplings
Various fittings to convert 1/4″ NPT Industrial Quick-Disconnect to low-pressure tubes 5/16″ and 3/16″. Both male and female tube fittings are provided. Designed based on official mil-spec MIL-C-4109F and ANSI standard B1.20.1. Shown with Tygon 5/16″ fuel tube (yellow) and 3/16″ aquarium “airline” tubing. I use these to feed air for various low-pressure applications like…
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3D printed tip for Apple iPad Pencil clones
Replacement tip for an Apple iPad Pencil 1 clone. This will not fit a real Apple Pencil as it uses a different design and it may only fit some clones, I have no idea. This one can be tricky to print because it’s so small. Use the thinnest layer height your printer can do and…
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3D printed feet for HP 8116A
These are OEM-style rear feet for the HP 8116A function generator. I printed the hole caps in a flexible but the original HP caps are hard plastic. Your choice. I recommend adding a modifier block to change the perimeters or infill to 100% around where the screws clamp down to provide strength. I may create…
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3D Printed Flux Syringe Parts
Sometimes I find myself with an Amtech or similar flux syringe barrel but no plunger or hub/needle so I made my own. These parts fit a 10cc barrel. The plunger and hub are printed in eSun PLA+ and the seal is eSun Elastic 83A flexible. For the flexible I used 10% infill, 1 perimeter, 2…
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3D Printed Ethernet Protective Sleeve/Boot and Strain Relief
When making your own Ethernet cables if it’s a cable that’s going to be moved around a lot and/or abused then it’s a good idea to protect the retainer tab and add some strain relief. This 3D printed part adds a boot or sleeve that protects the modular connector on the ends and adds cable…
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3D-printed 4-in-3 HDD bay
Updated version 2: Fix the drive rail part STL. This is a 4-in-3 hard drive cage with cooling fan. It fits four 3.5″ drives in to three 5.25″ slots. It can be used inside a standard PC case or on its own with no case. I often need portable drive cages for moving drives around…
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3D Printed Motorcycle Gas Cap
I lost my fuel cap during a night ride so I designed and 3D printed a new one. Designed in OpenSCAD with the threads.scad library by Dan Kirshner. Printed in PLA+. I wasn’t sure if the PLA would hold up against gasoline but so far, so good. My printed version is a little different design…
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3D Printed Zipper
My motorcycle jacket is well past its end of life but I keep it on support. The original metal zipper slider (aka car) started bending internally until finally it wouldn’t work any more. I replaced it with a 3D printed version. Modeled in FreeCAD. Printed in PLA+. I planned to print in something else but…
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Small Plastic Shelf Bracket
During moving some furniture we lost a bunch of these tiny brackets that insert into the sides of shelf cases. 3D print to the rescue. Modeled in FreeCAD. Printed in PLA+.