3D Printed Print In Place Plate Holder

cults3d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrJQvYCkFZQ When I accidentally broke one of my wife's plate holders, I sprang into action quickly designing, printing, and replacing her old plastic placeholder with a brand new 3D Printed "Print In Place" Plate Holder. As a "print in place" design, the plate holder functions perfectly either with minimal cleanup required (when using a brim for extra hold-down force), or no cleanup at all (when not using a brim), and no assembly is necessary whatsoever. I've included the file "Plate Holder, Print In Place.stl", which is the actual "print in place" file. However, if your slicer refuses to print this file, I've also included the files "Left.stl" and "Right.stl" that can be merged with your slicer prior to printing. My final prints were executed at a layer height of .15mm, 20% infill, with no brim. Nevertheless, as seen in the video, if your printer experiences difficulty with warping, then a brim may be used which will require additional cleanup before use. For smaller diameter plates, a small dot of cyanoacrylate glue can be applied to hold the hinge in place. As usual, I probably forgot a file or two, or who knows what else, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask as I do make plenty of mistakes. Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced using Cura 4.1, and printed in PLA on both an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and an Ultimaker 3 Extended.