Category: Print-in-place

  • Folding Box Opener Knife

    Folding Box Opener Knife

    I saw a real knife like this online and thought what a cool design. So I set out to make an equivalent one but out of plastic hoping it would be durable enough to be functional. And, it is…

  • Herb Stripper

    Herb Stripper

    I really enjoy growing and saving herbs for the winter and this week I sun-dried a bunch. While stripping the herbs from their stems with my fingers, as I have always done, I thought – there must be a better way. And, sure enough, herb strippers are a thing. But rather than buy one I…

  • Folding Door Wedge

    Folding Door Wedge

    When I am not designing and 3D printing, I am often doing work that frequently leaves me wanting to have a doorstop or door wedge with me. And, I have thought about it a lot – I wanted to make one! I wanted to create something novel, functional and convenient. This is what I came…

  • USB Cable Lock

    USB Cable Lock

    So this is the partner product to my USB Cable Theft Deterrent. This one is properly lockable and can serve as a more serious theft-preventative measure. This USB Cable Lock is actually a clasp and the clasp is locked by a physical lock that you provide so that the clasp can not be opened. I…

  • USB Theft Deterrent

    USB Theft Deterrent

    My Mum spent a few days in the hospital recently and (to make a long story short) someone stole her Apple watch charger. Someone placed their watch on her charger (beside her bed) and then when she was not present they took their watch and her charger cable. Such a simple “crime” of opportunity –…

  • Folding Scalpel XL

    Folding Scalpel XL

    After creating my v2.0 Folding Scalpel I received quite a few requests for it to work with the #60 blade. I originally thought it did because I was misinformed about what a #60 blade is. The number 60 blade is huge (71mm long) and simple too big for the earlier design. So I have created…

  • Key Blocks

    Key Blocks

    While the use of physical keys seems to be declining, I sure have a lot of them lying around. And, it was a bit of a nagging issue for me because I really didn’t have a way to organize those stray keys until now… Key Blocks!

  • Compliant Clip-on Dog/Tennis Ball Holder

    Compliant Clip-on Dog/Tennis Ball Holder

    The STLs for this design are free to download on thangs.com from July 19 to July 25. Three years ago I designed the first generation of this dog ball holder (fits a standard tennis ball too) and I felt it was time to revisit it based on the progress I have made in my designs.…

  • Pop Open Sink Strainer

    Pop Open Sink Strainer

    Someone asked me if I could design this and as soon as I did, I fell in love with it!  Like many other people, I always hated banging the sink strainer into the waste bin but just accepted it.  So when I got this one working I instantly wondered why did we not have this…

  • Folding Scalpel 2.0

    Folding Scalpel 2.0

    At least for me, it is very common to design something that I think is pretty good only to redesign it later and then wish I hadn’t posted the earlier design. This is one of those. This folding scalpel pocket knife is very good IMHO. I made numerous design improvements that all resulted in simply…

  • Print-in-Place Folding Scalpel

    Print-in-Place Folding Scalpel

    I know, there are lots of scalpel designs out there and plenty of folding scalpels too. But I could not find many (if any) folding, print in place and no hardware required quite like this…