Dutyhook MESH

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Tired of printing the same items multiple times for small changes, I designed Dutyhook MESH, a universal modular phone holder that's also a remote box, tools organizer, and much more. It's made entirely out of MESH plates and simple clips to join them together, giving you endless possibilities limited only by your imagination. Dutyhook MESH files and dimensions are as follows: 1. MESH 5x1 up to 5x8 (width x length) are simple 3 mm octagon meshes with a step of 15 mm for each square plus 3 mm for the end edge. Dimensions are X x 15 + 3, or 18, 33, 48...mm. Inside the straight clipping area is exactly 10 mm. 2. CLIP, CLIP_1, and CLIP_5 are simple clips for mesh tubes to connect meshes and cover up areas in meshes for stopping pens or creating rasters. These are also necessary if you plan to make your own attachments. Just load the STL file into your editor (like FreeCAD), overlap it with your design, and you'll have a different attachment for STL export. 3. Phone_support_...mm are various sizes of half circle supports for phones or other items. 4. Side_support files are for mobile phone side supporting. PLANNING Since I knew what I wanted, after just 5 minutes, I had the MESH phone support set up and ready to go. But then I changed my mind. To save a lot of printing time, plan your triangles on paper first. There's at least one triangle needed to keep your design shape. Add some extra clips to your plan as some may break, and you may have new ideas when making your design. Design your own holding attachments and use CLIP_1 file as a base for these. As you see, the width of the mesh is 5 x 15 + 3 = 78 mm. For slight adjustments, you can scale all items, just keep the clip at 2 lines printing size. Octagon meshes hold your clips in place but can be rotated with some force. Plan your forces as there are natural positions for meshes and some not so natural when you keep heavy items on these. PRINTING For MESH, there's no real difference; print it 0.2 mm from any material you like. All clips must be printed as positioned – sideways. If you set them flat to your plate, they will break later at clipping. What's important is to keep clips not more than 2 lines thick (for a 0.4 mm head). I made these from PET-G because PLA tends to be too fragile for the clips. MAKING I found it easier to compile your front plate with phone support on the table and only later attach meshes together. Clips can be pushed with a little rotation movement into the mesh. Enjoy! I had a lot of fun with this.