Holder for Stabilo with Ball Bearing Remix

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<p>After removing Lopotok99's Stabilo holder from the prinbed I thought to myself: “Wow, this looks awesome! … Would be great if it could spin, though…” and I ordered a 20 pack 8 x 22 x 7 mm 608 ZZ ball bearings for 8,50 Euros on amazon.</p><p>The new base plate was designed in Fusion360, for the modification of the original model I decided against changing the mesh from the original .stl file to BRep, because this is always very computationally intensive).<br>Instead I designed a new base for the original model which I converted to a mesh. Then in the Fusion360 Mesh Workspace I cut the original bottom and fused mine on the model.</p><p>Long story short, I think this is the reason the bottom of the model looks strange in slicer before slicing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For printing I tried to print the Stabilo holding part upside down (so small holes for Stabilos on the printbed), because I didn't want to have to remove supports in case they don't come off nicely and would hinder the spinning later.</p><p>Also I was wondering if my Prusa Mini could bridge the whole part…<br>I learned that yes, the bridging is possible, but if you touch the bridged part, the first layer of lines is quite loose.</p><p>I don't mind this at all, since you can't see it very good anyway.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are 2 .3mf files attached, one with the original height of the Stabilo holder and one wich I cut short to save printing time and material. In the picture and video is the short version, I think it also looks very nice if you can see more of the Stabilos in the holder.</p><p>But you can also load the original sized model in Prusa Slicer and decide your own desired height with the C key.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here a short video of the ball bearing in action; since the Stabilos provide a good weight on the outside of the turning perimeter it has a nice long spinning time:<br>(Also I only had a 20 pack of Stabilos, so I need to buy 5 more to fill the model ^^)</p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/Et-8li22p4w"></oembed></figure>