Cat Squeezer

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<p>Searching for a tool, to empty those expensive bags with gravy for pet food completely and quickly? Than the Catsqueezer is just the right tool for you. I was tired to use my spatula which also not worked with bowls which where more useful for my cats and me.</p> <p>So, I designed this device.</p> <p>A revision, which doesn't need to clean after use would be nice and is a milestone for future development.</p> <p>In Slicer, I recomend to print it with a total length of 160mm</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: Pets Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong> Prusa</p> <p><strong>Printer:</strong> I3 MK3S</p> <p><strong>Supports:</strong> Yes</p> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong> .15</p> <p><strong>Infill:</strong> 10%</p> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> Amazon Basics PETG Transparent<br/> <strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>PETG is recomended because PLA maybe is a bit brittle</p> <h3> How I Designed This</h3> <p><strong>Version 1 and 2</strong></p> <p><strong>Develpment Notes</strong></p> <p>The first draft was an exostructure for the bag, where the food should be squeezed out in direction a, without moving the bag, as you squeeze it by hand.<br/> By using it, it was more applicable to use direction b (it was printed with 50% the dimension in x (red) direction.</p> <p>The second design got a hole in it and a fin for more stiffens.</p> <p>But it still was not perfect, so I created a new version, with a complex curve profile in blender, with some Boolean operations in the post processing.</p> <p>Then, I recognised that for alignment of both arms of the spring and overhang would be useful, like it is in the final design.</p>