1 Terrace door stopper
Our terrace door is installed in such a way that if this door is opened too wide, it very quickly hits the windowsill, which is made of stone. Logically, the glass pane of the door then at least cracks, if not shatters. That’s why I used flexible filament to print this PacMan-style doorstop, which we attached to the windowsill. Another door stopper has been printed to fit at the bottom of the terrace door to stop the terrace door to prevent it from closing again. Both stopper has been 3d printed in TPU, which is a very flexible material like rubber, but hard to print.
2 Smartphone holder
You know how it is, the mobile phone lies on the desk, next to the keyboard and as soon as a message comes in, you have to pick up the mobile phone, unlock it and only then can you read who wrote what to find out that it wasn’t important at all.
It’s much better if the mobile phone is slightly angled on a holder so that it unlocks when you look at it. At least that’s how it is with my iPhone. In addition, this holder is designed so that a charging cable can be threaded through from behind and you can then charge the smartphone.
I have designed these smartphone holders as Apple, Android, without logo or with the Mercedes star. You can also download the design on www.printables.com and print it yourself. https://www.printables.com/model/2407-smartphone-holder-with-mercedes-star
3 Bottle dryer
Anyone can wash out bottles and clean the corners with a brush, but where do you put the bottles so that they dry out? In the sink, or on a large grid. At the time when we had this problem, we couldn’t find anything. So I sat down at the computer and drew this cross with the neck of the bottle on it, with a point in the centre where the bottle would be supported. The drawing took a good hour, the printing only 60 minutes maximum. This design was one of my first once back in 2017. With the new generation of 3D Printer it only takes 15 minutes or so.
4 Post caps
The wooden fence, the pride of every garden owner. But oh no, the top of the posts are unprotected from the weather… A 9mm x 9mm cap should cost €5, also made of plastic, and then there were only such boring designs. So I got on the computer and had a quick look online to see if there was anything available. I couldn’t find anything useful quickly, so it was obvious to draw something myself. After several attempts and drafts, I ended up with a simple and easy-to-print design. But I wanted to have a ball on top. The disadvantage of my design was the support structure I needed so that I could screw the post cap to the side of the post.
5 Holder for a headset
Many desks do not have a holder for a computer headset, so the headset is usually lying around somewhere on the desk. With little effort you can find suitable models to download from various websites. Anyone can search for files on the following websites.
There are of course many more websites offering models for download, but these are the ones I often use.
A friend of mine found this model on one of these websites and asked me to print it out in black PLA. It took about 4-5 hours to print and weighs about 250 grams.
