Customisable Flower Knob

prusaprinters

<p>Often you need to print and work with screws or handles that have to be rotated and tightened by hand. Usually, they have sharp edges and a limiter grip capability turning the tightening into a pure pain. This is why I designed this customizable "flower" knob with three main features in mind:</p> <p>1.<strong>Pleasent to touch</strong>;<br/> 3.<strong>Pleasent to look at</strong>;<br/> 5.<strong>Easy to grip</strong>.<br/> You can either use the customizer to produce an .stl file needed for your design, or you can download the .scad file and use it as a library:</p> <pre><code>use &lt;FlowerKnob.scad&gt;; height = 8; // Height of the knob diameter = 30; // Approximate diameter of the knob numberOfPetals = 6; // Number of petals of the knob (default: 6) roundingRadius = 2; // Radius of the corner rounding (default: 2 curvatureFactor = 0; // Defines how bulgy or flat are the petals. (default: 0). Positive values increase bulginess while negative — decrease it. $fn = 20; // at least 20, preferably more. flowerKnob(height, diameter, numberOfPetals, roundingRadius, curvatureFactor); </code></pre> <p>The provided .stl files demonstrate the generated model for a few different input values.</p> <p>If you want to stay up to date with the latest changes consider following the project on GitHub or cloning it: <a href="https://github.com/Uko/FlowerKnob">https://github.com/Uko/FlowerKnob</a></p> <h5>Change Log</h5> <p><strong>*v1.1</strong>: added curvatureFactor;<br/> <strong>*v1.0</strong>: original release</p>