I treat this blog as part of my lab notebook on printing and designs to help keep me organized. Having it automatically add tags, adding a time stamp, organizing everything in chronological order, and then making it available for others to learn and comment back are all just a huge bonuses.
Anyhow, here are some of my design notes for this Peanut Butter Mousetrap Insert:
- I was going for a minimal design – minimal plastic, printing, and machine time.
- I wanted something that would be “ABS warp” resistant. Even if you end up with a warped flat surface, clamping the insert between the lid and the jar should even it out.
- I wanted a resilient design. Even if the insert is badly warped after clamping down, a flat surface is not critical to its function and it should still work.
- I wanted something that could be adapted easily. I don’t know how to use OpenSCAD, so a parametric design is kinda out the window. Even so you could print this object at full size and then cut it down to what you need. 1
- For the record, I did download OpenSCAD before designing this. I just wanted to get it out there. [↩]