3d printed drill press stand for small square pieces

[Wmcullen]

Drilling centerbands on a 3d printed stand
I designed this stand to hold squarish pieces of endgrain wood while drilling and trimming.
(3d *.obj file attached)

The stand clamps to my drill press bed.
The wood just needs to fit into the stand and it will wedge itself still when I drill it.

I switch to my barrell trimer to flatten the top and bottom before turning.

Thanks for looking
- Cullen

 

[Alan Morrison]

Good thinking, Batman.

 

[hooked]

Thanks Cullen! What do you recommend for infill % on this? I would imagine it needs to be pretty substantial.

When I put the file into Cura Slicer I am getting a model error which I have never seen. "Your model is not manifold". Can this be ignored?

 

[alphageek]

Nice idea! Simple and effective!

 

[Wmcullen]

When I put the file into Cura Slicer I am getting a model error which I have never seen. "Your model is not manifold". Can this be ignored?

Non-manifold isn't great. I thought my geometry was clean but you obviously get what you pay for. ; )
I'd cautiously say ignore it, but then be warry. If there's a problem we'll know where the problem likely is.
If others have opinions on this, please chime in.
As for infill, I used 20% and a shell thickness of 1.2mm. That seemed to make it strong enough for what I'm doing in PLA.
As always, YMMV.
- Cullen

 

[hooked]

Non-manifold isn't great. I thought my geometry was clean but you obviously get what you pay for. ; )
I'd cautiously say ignore it, but then be warry. If there's a problem we'll know where the problem likely is.
If others have opinions on this, please chime in.
As for infill, I used 20% and a shell thickness of 1.2mm. That seemed to make it strong enough for what I'm doing in PLA.
As always, YMMV.
- Cullen

Thank you! It was printed with no problems. I actually printed with 30% infill because that is what I used last in cura, and I forgot to change it.