Oh No Garbage Can

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<p><strong>READ THE PRINT INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY - OTHERWISE AN OH NO MOMENT MAY BEFALL ON YOU TOO</strong></p><p>As anyone 3D printing knows, filament scraps end up everywhere. As a practice exercise, I decided to model a miniature waste bin, taking inspiration from Alex Norris' <a href="https://webcomicname.com/">https://webcomicname.com/</a> , which has the punchline as shown here.</p><p>It consists of two separate components: a basket base, and a lid/faceplate (originally meant to be removable, but as described below, might best be shut permanently&nbsp;</p><h4>Printing</h4><p>As true to the punchline, I (as a new-ish 3D modeler at the time of writing) had troubles with printing. Apparently, 2mm rods originally intended to support the faceplate are 1) difficult to print accurately, and 2) excessively fragile, I snapped several of them by accident.</p><p>Your options are as follows:</p><ul><li>Glue the faceplate in place as I did; you could try to utilize the rods, but a better idea is to snap them off entirely, and affix using the edges by using fast-acting glue. This is the suggested option, and the main files are meant to be used with this option. However, bear in mind that many glues may not be as strong with PETG (used to print the example specimen) as with other plastics</li><li>Remix the print, devising better support rods in larger size and better placement</li><li>Attempt to scale up the model with rods and print it in a form originally intended. Only for the adventurous with time to spare - the base will take relatively long to print!</li></ul>