Hanger Divider

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We were browsing through the container store when the Mrs. and I stumbled upon some hanger dividers packaged in fours for $12. To me, that sounded like a lot of money for something you could make yourself. I decided to design my own hangers instead. Using Autodesk Fusion 360 as my tool, I modeled a hook with an inner diameter of 40mm - perfect for fitting both small metal rods and larger wooden dowels. When I weighed in my printing settings, the hook itself tipped the scales at 26g. Breaking down my costs based on filament price alone, that worked out to about $1 per unit. Below you'll find the instructions on how I brought these dividers to life: Using the standard low-setting profile in Makerware for printing with my trusty Makerbot Replicator (1), I chose: 300 micron layer height 230 degrees of extrusion temperature 10% infill and 2 shells for structure Keeping the heatbreak power turned off and covering the removable glass platform with blue painters tape was essential. Each hanger can fit on a two-at-a-time configuration within my build plate, which takes into consideration my machine's capabilities. In this configuration, it only took about an hour to finish printing and weigh in at 26g.