Kalita Wave 185 Coffee Filter Reshaper

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<p>The Kalita Wave 185 coffee dripper makes a great cup of coffee, but the filters are ridiculously expensive. They're $17 USD for 100 (17 cents per filter), which I refuse to pay.</p> <p>Standard flat-bottom 4-8 cup coffee filters (the larger ones) only cost about 1-2 cents each and can be reshaped with this jig I designed and 3D printed.</p> <p>Hardcore Kalita Wave fanatics will be horrified that the reshaped filter doesn't have a perfect "wave shape", but I've been doing this for over 4 years and can't taste any difference between the official filters and the reshaped cheap ones. They're completely welcome to keep spending $17 per 100 filters.</p> <p>There's enough gap between the plunger and base that you can do about 8 or so filters at a time, so you can rip through a box of 100 filters in a few minutes. I've found the Bunn filters sold at Walmart for $2 are the best.. they're a little taller than average which helps.</p> <p>You might think the smaller 1-4 cup size filters would be better, but they end up being too short and don't make it all the way up to the top of the Kalita Wave 185.</p> <p>There are 3 STL files here. One for the base, one for the plunger and one for the set. No supports are required.</p> <p>FreeCad source is included if you want to modify the design. Please share any mods if you do.</p> <h3>Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong></p> <p>Creality</p> <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong> <div><p>CR-10S</p></div> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong> <div><p>No</p></div> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong></p> <p>0.28</p> <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong> <div><p>20%</p></div> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> any any any</p> <p><br/> <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong></p> </p><div><p>no need for any supports. I set the wall thickness to about 1mm in Cura.</p></div> </p></p></p> Category: Kitchen & Dining