I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • Kickass3DPrints@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    STL files available on Thangs

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    • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Kickass 3d print man

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  • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I found this one online from last year

    printables.com/…/356486-cat-scratcher-cardboard-c…

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• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Looks like the specific design in this video is being sold here, but if you’d prefer something that isn’t behind a pay wall there’s a few options (like this one).

  Side rant: I’m all for people getting compensation for creative work but I feel like it’s wrong to put the source file behind a waywall instead of simply selling the actual print directly to people that don’t have access to a printer, that seems much more fair imo

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  • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Selling the actual print is more work than selling the STL.

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    • kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh definitely, I just think it’s easier to justify paying for a physical product than it is paying for a single file if you still need to manufacture it yourself. Still a valid business practice, I’m just biased toward “information should be free” and all that.

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    • UnityDevice@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So much more. It’s not even in the same ballpark.

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I tried to buy the model from an artist recently for personal use(friend wanted some Mickey ears of a specific style). Person told me no and quoted me $130 for a physical product for something I could print in about an hour. For a Disney product they were already infringing on themselves.

    Went elsewhere and found someone selling the model for $7. Figured that was fair for the effort to transform it into a model file.

    Turned out i was wrong - only took me 20 minutes to print.

    Some of these artists are ridiculous…

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    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve made a few things. One, Mickey shaped cabinet hardware I put up for free because I didn’t want to deal with Disney. Though I might put the raw print up on Etsy or something just because.

      Another is a frame to turn a Disney name tag into an ornament. I’m selling the completed product rather than releasing the design because I wanted to really offer it to people who didn’t have 3d printers and wanted to ensure that it met my standards. And I didn’t want competition. That said, it takes quite a lot of time to print, prep, sand, and paint. I spend a couple hours in finishing each and sell it at a price that… Totally doesn’t make it worth it.

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• Today@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Awesome! Is that a real device that’s available for sale? Those would be good school or scout projects to donate to animal shelters.

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  • Kickass3DPrints@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have the STL files on Thangs for 3D printing.

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    • Today@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve been thinking about getting a 3D printer. Well, yesterday I decided I need a 3D printer. I know nothing at all. What should I get?

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• B0rax@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have used something like that. The blade dulls pretty quickly and it is a lot of work. I got 2 or 3 usable cat scratchers out of one blade.

  Given that one cat scratcher cost something like 2,50€, it simply wasnt worth it for me.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    While you studied the catch scratcher, I studied the blade.

    I was able to get 4 or 5 usable cat scratchers out of one blade.

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• SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You’ve designed a niche solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

  Use a box knife. Or, for a more versatile tool, get a Morakniv Companion.

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  • Linsensuppe@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Welcome to the world of 3d printing

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    • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If I don’t design and print something I could buy I might be tempted to do more mods for my printer.

      Things like this give us… balance. Luckily I have a new project… building a Voron so it’s both something new AND printing printer parts.

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  • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Good luck getting consistent cuts while you’re freehanding. The idea is to make the nice flat cat scratching pad, and also being able to make the tool with the tool printer you have at home

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean, you could make a jig to use a box cutter to make consistent width strips very easily with three pieces of scrap wood. But this commenter coming in here for the express purpose of trying to shit on 3D printer hobbyists was a stupid move on his part.

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  • kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean that’s kinda the whole deal with 3d printing, it’s useful for really niche applications where you can just add a small amount of convenience to your life.

    Someone else commented about this being good for school kids so they can safely make cat scratchers to donate to animal shelters, and as a cat owner with a constant pile of recycling I can see this being actually useful if I wanna avoid spending $20-$40 on one of those fancier cardboard cat scratchers from Target or whatever.

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    • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean that’s kinda the whole deal with 3d printing, it’s useful for really niche applications where you can just add a small amount of convenience to your life.

      Is it? All I ever request to be printed is the proprietary part that prematurely broke as it was designed to do.

      Someone else commented about this being good for school kids

      Instead of teaching them to use scissors? We’re raising a generation that can’t think or do for themselves. They’re reliant upon consumption.

      as a cat owner with a constant pile of recycling I can see this being actually useful

      As an adult you think it’s more useful than a box knife? It’s not even going to be faster than a box knife with straight edge. And, why do you need a product to pet your cat?

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  • Steve@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I hope you only drink room temperature tap water. Any flavor makes you a hypocrite.

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    • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Your reasoning is so obscure very few will follow. CONSUME!

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  • j4k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This looks a lot like trolling. The community here certainly doesn’t seem to care for it.

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    • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t like what you’ve said so you’re a troll. We don’t serve your kind around here.

      SMRT.

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• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Reminder to avoid using Amazon boxes for this: Their boxes contain a rodenticide to keep rats/mice away from their products.

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  • GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Reminder to check snopes before believing random internet factoids:

    www.snopes.com/…/amazon-spray-boxes-chemicals/

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    • Coherence@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thank you, I’m educated and savvy and I almost fell for that. Why oh WHY are there sooooo many trolls about?

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    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This sounds like a Facebook fact.

      Oh yep it is.

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  • stooth64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is there a source on this? My initial fact check search suggests this was debunked.

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• penquin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My cat will still go to the couch 🫠

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  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Depending on what that couch has been through, it might be about marking/refreshing territory.

    But also understand that there are different kinds of scratching materials and structure. My cat only likes the cardboard kind in a small A3-ish box and that is more because she likes to move it around. For actual scratching she very much prefers the ropier material in something sturdy at a 90 or 45 degree angle that she can really push against without it moving.

    And I’ve NEVER seen a cat actually like one of those free standing scratching posts after the first time they push it over during a more energetic session.

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    • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My two cats prefer them. Even the new one we got (and need to replace) that keeps falling on top of one of them.

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    • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My cat just likes to scratch and stretches wherever she sees something scratchable 😂

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Is the hot glue pretty good for standing up to kitty abuse? I was thinking PVA glue, but a glue gun would make things quicker.

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  • Kickass3DPrints@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    My two are pretty good with not eating things they shouldn’t so I just made sure stringy bits were cleaned up. Googling says PVA/wood glue is safer for cats but I would check brands if they are non-toxic

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    flour and water paste should work pretty well as long as there’s no wax or tape to block the paper bonding.

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• catbum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I love this! Free cat scratchers might not seem like they have much value, but has anyone seen the price of those ready-made things?! They’re pushing $20 for a large-ish flat scratcher at lower volume places like TSC, but Target isn’t much better, still $10 for a 10" x 18" flat cheapy.

  Down with bougie cat cardboard!!!

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• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That looks a lot easier than gluing a stack of boxes together and cutting off slabs with a bandsaw like I was planning.

  I guess this is my excuse to finally finish calibrating my new extruder setup.

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• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is cool but my cat won’t touch cardboard scratchers.

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  • yetiftw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    👍

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