Customizable Blind Hole Cover Plate

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After a renovation, we were left with an unsightly gap in our kitchen ceiling that desperately needed to be covered. It's likely you can also purchase a cover plate, but getting the dimensions just right might prove challenging. So I took my first dive into OpenSCAD and created a customizable one. Besides, it's more fun to create something yourself, and the 5.75m of filament used is probably cheaper than what a factory-made one would cost in shipping alone. I may want to make some more and perhaps this design will be useful for others as well, so I've decided to share it. The next one should possibly have a slightly larger overlap, but other than that, it fits perfectly and clicked right into the hole. Print Settings Printer: Anet A8 Rafts: No Supports: It doesn't matter. Resolution: 0.1 to 0.2 Infill: 20 Notes: Mine was printed using High Quality settings (0.1mm resolution) and a brim, which wasn't really necessary. How I Designed This This is an OpenSCAD script. Even if you're not familiar with OpenSCAD (like myself just one week ago), you should be able to use this script. The definitions are at the beginning of the file, and I've provided comments explaining what each parameter does so that you can easily change it to suit your needs: blindhole=75; // Diameter of the blind hole to cover holedepth=12; // Depth of the hole, equal to the length of the stands without the hook thwall=1.5; // Wall thickness for the stands hbottofhook=thwall; // Height of the widening section of the hook overlap=6; // mm overlap over the hole coverh=3; // Height (thickness) of the cover plate