Chastity tongue - 27 May 2024
Added 2024-05-27 18:44:42 +0000 UTC30/05/2024: Another day, another try. This time following the advice and suggestion of Logan Night. to avoid the poking. I have gone back to the original and only shrunk the tongue around the ring, leaving the back portion larger. let's get this on the printer to see. - MK4
29/05/2024: Apologises for changing things so fast. This is the method of which I iterate. So just uploaded mk3. I found the edges on the last tongue a bit sharp. So although the tongue has significantly shrunk down. I hope this will still provide the benefits the tongue intended. Reduced "stabbing" of the tongue. And harder pullout. -MK3
28/05/2024: I have changed the tongue again, as it found the cage hard to put on. I will likely keep doing small iterations until I am happy. each iteration I will upload here. -MK2
have a new tongue design which should reduce pinching. if you get an opportunity to test it would you update me on if you think it has improved.
Comments
I've probably printed 50 or more of these. I primarily use Sunlu PLA and I've had only 3 breaks, two rings and one cage. These are by far the best 3D printable cages I've found and better than any of the 15+ I've bought. I usually print cages at 70 degrees for Milli and up and 90 degrees for micro and down. I just really want a more low profile lock....and I like the sound the padlocks make ;)
Logan Night
2024-11-24 09:56:10 +0000 UTCI found a lot of layer adhesion problems with PETG, and other printing problems with PETG in general. I now print using PLA only and PLA supports, using PLA interfaces adjusted to sit ~45 degrees out of phase with the model layers. This is good enough to separate and strong enough for the wear encountered so far.
SolidCrystal
2024-09-22 12:03:00 +0000 UTCIf you need anyone to test models, I have a .8mm nozzle ready to go for testing! New tongue has been good
Bob Applegate
2024-08-19 17:53:45 +0000 UTCEager to see how v5 is coming along. Currently on a challenge to wear a v5 (the updated ones) ring at 40mm and a milli cage that I modified as I described above for 1 year. Whatever you come up with I hope you bring the line up to at least kilo. Something that occurred the other day though despite coating in resin, printing in the best possible orientation, and at 50% infill was that the locking mechanism on the right broke off unevenly which made superglue relativly ineffective. I don't know if you're still working on a new locking mechanism but whatever you choose to do I hope padlocks get a chance. Partly because I think (feel free to disagree) it will be easier to get a better orientation to prevent breakage and also because I love the click clack it makes :P Another thought I had was if you have tried or considered a secondary ring inside the cage (this would be for larger sizes) that is behind the head to really lock it in place. I've only tried one cage like that and it was pretty good but it was one size so it's hard to know if that design holds up as comfortable for the masses.
Logan Night
2024-07-30 23:05:52 +0000 UTCWell it’s hard to say 🤔. Because it’s designed to do that in mk3, so it may not be an issue. At least not as big of one as sanding one down causes. I’m actually just getting out my laptop so I’m gonna get mk3 printing and give it a shot.
Logan Night
2024-05-29 14:56:57 +0000 UTCSo I have seen your picture. So you go in, and come back out again. So only sanded in the bit around the ring. Do you think this is better rather than what I have done is bring the whole tongue in? As I agree with you, I don’t want it to become pokey again like the V4
K Biologist
2024-05-29 14:52:53 +0000 UTCI did try doing something similar as the mk3 on my most recent cage but that’s when it started getting more pokey but it did help with the pinching still. I suspect that making a narrow tongue on larger cages wouldn’t have that issue but for example the narrow micro I did that too I threw out because it wasn’t comfortable. All that being said, I had ground out the lip on both sides so it could have also just been that it wasn’t designed that way and I was getting too aggressive in my sanding. I have not yet printed any of these three so this is just my experience modifying prints that were not designed like these three.
Logan Night
2024-05-29 14:48:31 +0000 UTCIt does look like I went more aggressive than the model. I’m going to use the large prior release of v5 as my reference models here. Basically I used a dremel tool to pull in the sides of the tongue until the lip on the sides was gone. So the farthest spot in is dead center where the ring is. It’s worked for me from pico up, I haven’t tried on the two smallest sizes. I’m very confident you’re on the right track because I have absolutely no pinching problems anymore. If anyone does try to mod a prior cage they’ve printed make sure you have a dremel buff or a lot of patience otherwise it will be difficult to get smooth enough with such a thin edge and you’ll need 100% infill so you don’t open up a hole for things to get inside. https://share.icloud.com/photos/016tc2N4CoQ13KI4ZG6LLMfbA
Logan Night
2024-05-29 14:37:57 +0000 UTCThat’s brilliant. Great minds think alike. This gives me more confidence with this change. Yeah have you pulled yours in a lot more? I’m currently printing it now while I am at work, so by the time I am home I will know.
K Biologist
2024-05-28 11:04:34 +0000 UTCI actually modified a bunch of the cages I printed by doing exactly what you did and I can confirm that this change should help a ton with pinching. However I’ll need to print this to see if it pulls in enough.
Logan Night
2024-05-28 10:25:36 +0000 UTC
