Christmas Angles

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I ran across an online post that misspelled the word “angels”, and it got me thinking – why not make a set of actual “Christmas Angles.” So here they are, 8 Christmas Angle tree ornaments, marked in degrees and radians. Good for kids who are learning angles. The halos serve as attachment points for standard wire ornament hooks. The highlights shown in colors in the photos are raised above the rest of the ornament. I used this to print a different color for just those highest layers. But the raised areas are somewhat visible even on a monochrome print, and could also be easily highlighted with a marker or paint. I used a Bambu X1C that can swap colors during the print. Since there is only one color swap, it doesn’t create a lot of back-and-forth purging waste. The attached .3mf file that includes this “painting” of colors is included, for anyone who has this specific printer. The 6 plates in the attached .3mf file are: V1 box, V1 lid, V2 box, V2 lid, 4 green angels, 4 red angels. The storage box has cavities for storing the hooks, as shown in the photos. Printers and profiles lead to different tolerances, so there are two versions of box and lid with slightly different tolerances that allow you to adjust the tightness of the lid. In both cases, V2 is “fatter” with less gap. Specifically: V1 box, V1 lid, gap between box and lid is 0.2mm V2 box, V2 lid, gap between box and lid is 0.1mm If you mix V1 box/V2 lid, or V2 box/V1 lid, the gap between box and lid is 0.15mm UPDATE: I added also a Lid V4 which is even a little tighter, so there is only 0.06mm gap when placed on Box V2. This one fit the best for me. (Note: In the .3mf file I used the original .stl as I drew it Fusion360, which turns out to be far too small, and scaled it up by 173%. The .stl files I posted here are already scaled up by 173%. That’s why the .stl file names in the .3mf don’t match the .stl filenames posted here. They are the same except for scale).