Alien Helping Hand

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Nothing beats receiving a helping hand when it's time to support cables... It's even better if this hand comes from an extraterrestrial being!!! Kind of thing: support for USB cable Revisions history: AHH-usbXX.XXX: First print. Hand only. Really tight fit! AHH-MSR0: Hand complete with Multi-usb-ends support. Much bigger to hold iPhone recharging end (see "How I Designed This" below). Not printed yet so dimensions are not validated!!! Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2X Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.2mm Infill: 35% Notes: Left extruder / extruder gauche: dissolving filament Right extruder / extruder droit: ABS - True red Infill: diamond (fast) How I Designed This plasticine handcrafted alien hand... / sculpture en plasticine scanning object with Matter and Form scanner... / numérisation de l'objet avec un scanneur de marque modifying object with Meshmixer... / modification numérique de l'objet (pliage des doigts, redimensionnement) avec le logiciel Meshmixer... prepare and settings ready? Start engines, and... LIFT UP! / Préparation du fichier pour l'impression 3D... here is the 3d-printed object! I noticed some misses under the fingers' tips but at the end, a very nice print! / Voici le résultat de l'impression 3D: de petits manques sous le bout des doigts mais en somme, vraiment content du résultat! AHH...! (Alien Helping Hand...!) in use! / AHH...! en usage! Projet réussi! Instructions AHH-usb01.x3g file settings: Multi-material print; dissolving filament mounted on left extruder @ 245 deg, for supports. ABS - True green filament mounted on right extruder @ 230 deg. Bed @ 124 deg. Layer thick: 0.2 mm, 3 shells, infill: 35% (diamond fast). AHH-MSR0.x3g file settings: Multi-material print; dissolving filament mounted on left extruder @ 245 deg, for supports. ABS - True green filament mounted on right extruder @ 230 deg. Bed @ 124 deg. Layer thick: 0.2 mm, 3 shells, infill: 15% (diamond fast).