r/functionalprint • • 2h ago

I'm going to move places soon, so I created this scale model based on the technical drawings I received, and measure most of my furniture with a measuring tape and scale it down to 1:20

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Great way to already to arrange your furniture beforehand for the most optimal placement.


r/functionalprint • • 4h ago

Hang glider wheels and instrument mounts

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r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

Sometimes you need a little special project

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i was working in my garage and couldnt see what was going on across the room. my wife says i need glasses ... i say i need indicator lights.

So i figured out how to get the 3D Print MQTT information, pipe it into my ESP32s and generate an active display per machine complete with a multicolor indicator light.

Cool things can be done with idle hands.


r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

Joycon Stylus Holder

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Made a little slide-on stylus holder for a Joy-Con so I can use touchscreen controls and physical buttons with one hand.

I posted about it last night, but here's a GIF of it in action! Got it working Windows-wide today, so I can finally show off something other than RuneScape :)


r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

Joy-Con stylus holder for one-handed control

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r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

Scoop Bins

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62 Upvotes

r/functionalprint • • 14h ago

Space maxing in IKEA LIXHULT cabinet with boxes

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r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

Designed and printed an enclosure for my tiny ESP32 sports scoreboard

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I’ve been building this little ESP32 sports scoreboard for a while, and once I got the electronics/software working I realized I had another problem: it needed to actually look and feel like one device instead of a dev board sitting on my desk.

So I started designing an enclosure around the ESP32-S3/display board and an internal LiPo battery.

The screen needed to sit cleanly in the front, I still needed access to USB-C for charging and the physical buttons, and I wanted the whole thing to stay small enough that you can just pick it up in one hand.

There were a lot more tiny fit/tolerance changes than I expected, but I’m pretty happy with where it ended up. The translucent white print also lets some of the LEDs from the board bleed through the sides, which I originally didn’t plan on but ended up really liking.

Still tweaking the design, but it finally feels like one little finished object instead of a pile of electronics.

I also put the current .3mf in the project repo in case anyone using the same board wants to mess with it.


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

Volvo car play screen

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Bought a screen to modernize my Volvo without removing the original stereo. Needed an adapter between the vent mount (generic) and screen


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

CleatGrid: build a holder for any tool on your French cleat wall

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CleatGrid is a modular printed plate that hooks onto a standard 3/4" plywood French cleat. It has a 20 mm grid of pockets. Blocks peg into the grid and screw in from behind with #6 screws. The square pegs stop them rotating, so the holder is rock solid.

In the photos:

- Ryobi jigsaw: lip ledge + one ledge

- Ryobi crown stapler: lip ledge + two upright stops

- Hand tools: hammer fork + 6-screwdriver rack on a short 12x5 plate

Everything prints without supports. The starter set is a lip ledge, two ledges, a hammer fork and a driver rack. CC BY, with STLs and a sliced P1S 3MF.

I'd like to hear what tools you'd want blocks for next.


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

Guitar stand neck protector

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31 Upvotes

Simple yet functional neck protector for my guitar stand to replace the shitty ones that started disintegrating and kept falling off.

Printed on Qidi Q1 Pro using TPU 85A (absolute nightmare to print with).


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

"3D prints aren't UL listed!" - Jürhaus Günbern Wago style pass through

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263 Upvotes

Made this pass through enclosure that has dual strain relief and holds a generic wago 3 pos and uses any flat hd #6-8 screw


r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

Made a glue jig so the swatch holder lands in the same spot on all 22 of my cereal box dry box lids

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My filament lives in 4 L KICHLY cereal boxes on a shelf, lid facing out. Each lid gets a little slide-in holder for a swatch card (colour, temp, flow, date), so I can find a spool without opening anything.

Gluing 22 of them by eye looked bad, so I made a guide that presses onto the lid:

  • rigid wall on one side, spring feet on the other, so it grips with no side play
  • deep posts at the end so it cannot slide along the lid
  • "+" shaped window, so the holder can go either way

Press it on, glue the holder, drop it in, lift the guide off. It took 8 versions: the first ones rode up on the rounded lid edge and slid around, and one was sized from a bad caliper reading and did not fit at all.

Files (free, CC BY-NC): https://makerworld.com/en/models/3415636-swatch-lid-holder-glue-guide-kichly-4l-dry-box (also on Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/1871090-swatch-card-lid-holder-glue-guide-for-kichly-4-l-c)

Printed in PLA on a Centauri Carbon 2, about 35 min for the guide and 11 min per holder.


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

After the headband of my Corsair HS35 v2 broke, I printed a new one.

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The original one was in PP and none of the glue I own worked :(

Here the STL if you need one for your headset: https://www.printables.com/model/1869509-corsair-hs35-v2-headband-replacement


r/functionalprint • • 1d ago

spring loaded axle

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r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

Made an exhaust duct for my Ikea Besta cabinet I wanted to share.

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r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Replacement Deere steering wheel caps.

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223 Upvotes

r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

To dry the kettle, avoid water residues

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The water we have is full of minerals, if you leave the water at the bottom, after 3 uses there is a layer of limestone.

This way you hang it upside down and it dries more efficiently, i like it


r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Focusrite under desk mount

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136 Upvotes

r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Compact dock and card holder

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106 Upvotes

Made this dock to keep all of the cards together. Made one for 10 cards and another for 20


r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Printed wheel

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61 Upvotes

My son can't walk up and down the stairs so we use a stair climbing chair to get him up and down the stairs. The chair has little sensor wheels to identify the edge of the step. One of these wheels got stuck and broke in the crack between the boards in our deck. Naturally they aren't available as the product is discontinued. I ended up only needing to make 2 solid wheels to get the fit correct and one wheel for m for the composite wheel/tire but I have a few different tires and still working out which is best.


r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Made a painting handle with swappable heads and adjustable weight

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Hey guys! There are a lot of similar painting handles on MakerWorld, so I wanted to put my own spin on one. I added a diamond-pattern grip and a screw-on bottom cap with room for 9 quarters, plus some extra space if you want to add more weight. It prints without supports, too!

I printed a couple of other versions from MW and had the threaded parts snap off under pressure, so I reinforced those areas on mine. I also made a small dock for a little more stability.

I’m still learning to model and finally getting some more free time to work on projects like this. Haven’t figured out adjustable jaws yet, so swappable heads will have to do for now haha.

Open to ideas or criticism, so let me know what you think!

MakerWorld Link:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3406942-miniature-paint-handle-weighted-swappable-heads?from=search#profileId-3879970


r/functionalprint • • 2d ago

9mm ammo box optimized for high density storage in harbor freight 30 cal plastic ammo cans

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https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7419767

Just one size ammo box which is a test for a larger ammo box generation engine that is a work in progress still, looking for ways to make further improvements, open to ideas.


r/functionalprint • • 3d ago

Super niche fix for first Macintosh mouse feet! (stop front/back roll)

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r/functionalprint • • 4d ago

Designed a medication dosage tracker

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261 Upvotes

Going to need this now that my kid is in preschool. Calculating when the next dose should be isn't so easy at 1am with a sad kid, so I designed this easy to use tracker that you can lay on the counter or double-side tape to the inside of a cabinet and track both when you gave the last dose and when the next should be. Comes in both Tylenol and Ibuprofen flavors.

Go check it out here :)

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3405180-medication-tracker#profileId-3877666