clockspring3D posts from patreon

Mini Sanding Tools!

Hey everyone! I just posted this set of sanding tools on MyMiniFactory as a free download, but I've put it in the dropbox here as well for convenience for Creative Printer supporters! These are small (20mm across) sanding block tools with bolts to retain and tension the sandpaper. I designed them for a sculptor friend who needed to get into some tricky areas, and by all accounts they work pretty well, so, I figured I'd see if the world at large had an interest in them!

2019-11-28 14:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Exclusive! Snowflake Hinge Box (more print-in-place hinge fun!)

Hey hey hey! I'm really having fun with print-in-place hinges at the moment, and this is the craziest little box yet! It's a hexagonal, er, gem shaped thing with six independently-hinged lid segments. And, once again, no supports required!

This thing went through a few iterations before it ended up here, mostly around adjustments to the lid pieces to ensure that they didn't catch on each other at different points of rotation. You'll see a few other subtle bits in...

2019-11-26 10:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Exclusive! Pentaprism Box (print-in place hinges!)

Howdy, wonderful supporters! I had a lot of fun with this new box concept, which is only available here, and isn't posted anywhere else - check it out! It's a pentagonal box where two sides form a hinged lid, and it all prints in place. Creative Printers, you'll find this design already waiting for you in dropbox!

Print-in-place hinged boxes are really testing my creative and technical thought processes, and I sketched this one out a few times before I found an approac...

2019-11-22 14:57:59 +0000 UTC View Post

DROPBOX AND DISCORD LINKS ARE HERE! :D

Dropbox for downloadable models:

Last updated June 2023

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/50o21cirxayjcbg/AAAH6HLMNcBwUMyTGphSlHVga?dl=0

Discord for discussion, questions, and just saying hello:

https://discord.gg/5wpkhjG

Enjoy!

2019-11-19 22:11:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Dropbox! (and Fern Vase)

Howdy, wonderful supporters!

First things first - thanks for all your feedback - we now have a dropbox link for all the downloads, rather than having the files uploaded to Patreon. This should make it easier to find stuff! There's a post titled "Dropbox link is here" that contains the link you need. Let me know if you have any trouble, or any feedback on file access in general!

Second thing - there's a new vase design, the Fern Vase, which'll go up as a paid-for ...

2019-11-19 22:02:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Downloading Files!

I've had a couple of questions about where to find the actual files for the paid-for designs (which are free to you, my beloved supporters!).
It seems that by including links to my MyMiniFactory posts I've made people think that's where to go for the files, which is not the case! You'll find them attached to posts right here on my Patreon, under the downloads tag.
Here's an example:
The STL lin...

2019-11-18 00:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Download: Bazaar Basket

Free for you to download, the files from: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-105091

2019-11-16 16:04:43 +0000 UTC View Post

An Easy Design for Print-in-Place Hinges!

Hinged designs that print already-assembled, and which can't just come apart are the best! I have a few designs that incorporate such a thing, and the approach I take to it these days is really simple! So, I thought I'd go through it here.

Where do we start?

Well, first we need to decide what's actually going to be hinged, and to define an axis and a radius for the hinge. I've used this approach with elements as thin as 3mm, which still str...

2019-11-16 15:09:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Swapping Hexagons for Pentagons

I do love my hexagons! The folding phone stand and the box I posted immediately before it both had plenty of hexagonal holes for the sake of style alone, but the world cannot exist on hexagons alone! Most importantly, there's no regular polyhedron that has regular hexagon faces, and today I'm working in that direction.

The broad idea was to assemble a dodecahedral bowl from separately printed panels, and after some stylistic experimentation I've ended up with ...

2019-11-14 00:20:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Download: Flat Fold Phone Stand

Free for you to download, the files from https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-104917

2019-11-13 13:40:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Getting organised!

Welcome aboard, and thank you so much for your support!

All the existing paid models from MMF are now here and ready for download! I'm not sure that one post per model is really the most expedient way to manage things in the longer term, but it's fine for now, and it means the files are readily available. I can hear the chompy skulls already...

Right, back to making sure I've got all the basics sorted out for this shift to Patreon. Meanwhile, I hope you're...

2019-11-12 14:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post