Made a giant draining sponge/accessory holder for my kitchen sink.

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• Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Looks good! I’d recommend printing the base layer in line with how the water will drain out. As it is now, you have the ridges perpendicular which is going to retain more water

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I guess it’s hard to see but it’s angled in between the slats. The top is horizontal, but all water falls right into the slats and drains out.

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    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think he was talking about the grain of the print. The grain is perpendicular to the flow of water which would allow water to stay between the gaps.

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    • ForestOrca@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      brilliant!!

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• NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cool!

  I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while, but was always worried about the water. I was thinking of getting some epoxy resin and coating it.

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks. Epoxy definitely wouldn’t hurt, but I don’t find it necessary. The old one, printed in PLA, I used about a year with no issues.

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    • NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s good to hear!

      Might be the push I needed to give it a go :)

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• Kefass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This really cool. I would buy this. Some many frustrations at the sink for a perfectionist

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks. A great majority of my prints are for stuff around the house that isn’t really necessary, but nice to have, haha.

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• rambos@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Impressive, even more the features your sink have 😉

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Haha, yeah the thing on the left is a soap dispenser but I’ve never used it. And I added the glass rinser.

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    • Scrath@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is that spinny thing the glass rinser?

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is all one piece

  How big is your printer?

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I meant it was one piece, i.e. not base and grate. I’ll reword it. It’s 4 printed pieces welded together.

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  • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think OP wasn’t clear. It’s at least 4 pieces if we’re going by seams. Probably meant that it’s a single unit now, as in it’s all connected together

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    • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah exactly, sorry about that. I reworded the post.

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  • bonn2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Zooming into the image, by “all one piece,” they mean the grates and bottom plate, as there are seams along the back wall at about one average bed width apart

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is pretty intense. Hope it works out long term. Curious how it goes keeping it clean after a few months.

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  • rambos@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If im not wrong OP said they have been using it for a year already

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    • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This one is new, but I had a small one that just held the sponges that I had been using for about a year with no issue. It was a separate grate and base design though.

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• Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This exact thing is at the top of my todo list.
  I hadn’t thought about doing as one big piece and just putting a collar around the faucet.
  I have been searching STLs for ideas and hoping to find something that would offer a good starting place and give me a jump into creating it (I’m still a bit of a 3d cad newb). I don’t suppose you have the files hosted anywhere that I could grab them?

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  • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I made it in Fusion360. Can send you the file if you want.

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    • Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would appreciate that.

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  • IMALlama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I made something like this for my sink. It’s basically a ramp that directs water back into the sink near the faucet. Wet hand + faucet handle over counter = water on counter. We’ve since changed our instant hot water tap, so the fixture doesn’t fit as well as it used to, but it’s still good enough.

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