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9.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Been making caged balls in regular polyhedra. Just a fun doodad. The cage has triangular shaped beams making up a hexahedron, or cube. The ball is built inside. Separate ball & hex files allow you to make it in two colors if your printer supports it. However, it may be possible to make the ball first, then make the hexahedron, pausing the job as it gets taller than the ball and insert it before finishing the hexahedron job.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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7.0
Jan 20, 2021
01/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I Copied this from a puzzle toy that a friend's daughter bought and thought it would be cool to make one.
Topics: toy, thingiverse, ball, 3D_puzzle, Puzzles, stl
3
3.0
Oct 14, 2021
10/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The clip on my treadmill broke and I designed a different one. It seems to work well. No support material is required. (To minimize stress and maximize life, the part that bends was designed to have constant stress over its length rather than having a high stress at the part farthest from the max deflection.)
Topics: thingiverse, Replacement Parts, Clip, stl, treadmill, Treadmill Clip
10
10.0
Mar 9, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Made an interwoven Trinity symbol on CAD, but it didn't print well. Perhaps if I had separate soluble support material on my printer it would have come out better.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, trinity, symbol, Sculptures
10
10.0
Apr 23, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I searched on Google to see if there were equations for the shape of an egg. In doing so I learned that a point in the middle of a connecting rod traces out an egg shape. I then derived an equation and entered it as a parametric curve in SolidWorks. This was fun for me since I like math. Anyway, here's another reward I'll give out to students who do their Bible memorization work. The photo is of a 1" tall egg I printed. The model is designed to only need a little support material on the...
Topics: christian_cross, Easter, stl, christian, thingiverse, egg, Sculptures, cross, easteregg
10
10.0
Mar 9, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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My wife used clip art similar to this (https://openclipart.org/detail/21285/valentine-red-maori-heart) to use for tickets to a Valentine's day lunch. Between this and a 3D-printable heart from Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18858), I combined the two ideas to get this design. They printed well and look pretty good standing up.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, valentine, 2D Art, 3d_print, heart
9
9.0
Apr 21, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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At it's root, it's simply a fish shape with the Greek word for fish written inside. However, for Christians this has added meaning because it represents perhaps the first creed (statement of faith) of the Christian church. Many of the apostles were fishermen, and ΙΧΘΥΣ stands for: Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) χριστός (Christ) Θεοῦ (God's) Ὑιός (Son) Σωτήρ (Savior) With the attached excel (or PDF) file, I've been printing twelve 2 1/8" x 3 7/16" cards 2-sided on...
Topics: thingiverse, stl, Signs & Logos
2
2.0
Dec 1, 2021
12/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I designed a modular cryptex that can be printed one ring at a time with no support material such that you can glue together as many segments as you want. The cryptex in the photo is six letters long, but it could just as well be four or ten. The rings are designed with detents to click from one character to the next and stay in place while you adjust the next ring and enter the full code. Character rings snap in place over the lock rings, so once you have the puzzle solved, you can remove them...
Topics: Puzzles, Modular Cryptex, thingiverse, Cryptex, Segmented, stl
10
10.0
Apr 21, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I like cutting snowflakes from paper, and I try to design the plastic ones with a shape that could be readily cut from paper. Here's another one that I modeled in Geomagic Design.
Topics: thingiverse, stl, 2D Art, snowflake, Snowflake_Decoration
9
9.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The cage has parallelogram cross section beams making up an octahedron. The ball is built inside. Separate ball & octahedron files allow you to make it in two colors if your printer supports it. However, it may be possible to make the ball first, then make the octahedron, pausing the job as it gets taller than the ball and insert it before finishing the octahedron job.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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6.0
Mar 3, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Wanted to create something that combined the guiding star of Epiphany with a cross. It's a reminder of what my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ came to earth to do - enlighten with the truth and die for my sin, giving the gift of eternal life. This tree-topper version shouldn't require any support material to make, but includes slots for "twisties" to tie the cross to a top branch. I printed it on my Bukobot V2 duo diagonally so a 10" long part like this would fit.
Topics: thingiverse, Decor, stl
2
2.0
Aug 22, 2021
08/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I hate having to twist the bigger wrenches to get to the smaller ones, so I designed my own. Here are the features: 1. You can get immediately to any hex wrench you want 2. You can hang the holder on the wall 3. Hex wrench size is clearly marked 4. Hex wrenches snap into place so they won't fall out 5. The inch holder handles .050, 1/16, 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 1/8, 9/64, 5/32, 3/16, 7/32, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/8 6. The millimeter holder handles 1.27, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 9,...
Topics: geometric, HexWrenchHolder, Millimeter, Tool Holders & Boxes, allenwrench, inch, millimeters,...
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11
Apr 22, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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My daughter wanted a toy guitar for one of her stuffed animals. Designed in Geomagic Design & printed on a Bukobot v8 Duo.
Topics: guitar, Mechanical Toys, stl, toy, thingiverse
9
9.0
Apr 22, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Since Trinity 2 didn't print so well, I decided to make the same basic shape, but in a simpler form so that it's easily 3D printed without support material.
Topics: 2D Art, stl, thingiverse, Symbol, Trinity
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11
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I actually printed this out in red. It's a snowflake made up of heart shapes. 1:1 scale is about 3" by 1/16" thick. I now uploaded a smaller file of the same item - Snowflake3a.stl
Topics: stl, thingiverse, 2D Art
3
3.0
Jan 6, 2021
01/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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For the old PlayDoh extruders. The original broke, so I came up with a modified 3D printed version.
Topics: Toys & Games, stl, playdoh, thingiverse, replacement_part
2
2.0
Jan 18, 2022
01/22
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I saw an interesting woodworking joint where you can make a corner joint using three pieces with the same end shape. I decided to modify it for a snap-together plastic joint just for fun.
Topics: thingiverse, Table, stl, CornerJoint, Puzzles
9
9.0
Jan 19, 2021
01/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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My wife wanted to do an escape room fundraiser & my daughter found plans to make a cryptex. I was too lazy to use PVC, screws, hole saws, and wood, so I designed one for the 3D printer. My printer was printing a bit "large" so I added more clearance than it really needs so that I wouldn't have to sand it as much. I also designed it to not require support material. It's pretty simple. Just keep adding as many rings, locks, and inserts as you want letters, and you should be good to...
Topics: Gadgets, stl, thingiverse
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5.0
Apr 8, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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This mechanism style once turned watch displays with a constantly rotating drive wheel and a driven "spider" that paused in one location and turned the display to the next position. This particular design is made especially for 3D printing on hobby printers since it requires no support material. All parts have a flat bottom and no overhang.
Topics: mechanical_toy, 3D_printing, stl, geneva_mechanism, thingiverse, Mechanical Toys
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10.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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This cover allows the addition of a switch to a Bukobot. It works great on my Bukobot 8 v2 Duo. Little studs connect into the last row of vent holes, a flange slips under the circuit board, and holes are available to screw through the power supply into the cover.
Topics: stl, 3D Printer Accessories, thingiverse
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Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Just a fun doodad. The cage has triangular shaped beams making up a tetrahedron. The ball is built inside. Separate ball & tet files allow you to make it in two colors if your printer supports it. However, it may be possible to make the ball first, then make the tet, pausing the job as it gets taller than the ball and insert it before finishing the tetrahedron job.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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4.0
Mar 5, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I wanted a hex wrench holder where I wouldn't have to turn other wrenches out of the way before getting one out. They're all accessible. My printer wasn't printing well, and the text for the hex wrench sizes didn't come out.
Topics: stl, HexWrench, tool_holder, Tool Holders & Boxes, thingiverse
3
3.0
Jan 8, 2021
01/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Decided to use a sine function to create a helical shape on a sphere to create an ornament. I was pleased with the result.
Topics: christmas, christmas_ornament, stl, Christmas_ornaments, christmas_decorations, Math Art,...
10
10.0
Mar 21, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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This is one of the symbols used to represent the Christian belief in a Triune God - one God in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The circles represent that each person of the trinity is eternal. Interlocking circles show that they have common attributes yet still remain as individual personages. The triangle emphasizes the unity of the one true God in three persons.
Topics: stl, Trinity, Sculptures, Symbol, thingiverse
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4.0
Mar 16, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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FilamentGageScale estimates meters of 1.75 mm filament remaining on a 1 Kg Hatchbox spool. (199 mm OD, 80 mm core, 62 mm inside width) FilamentGageScale2 estimates meters of 1.75 filament remaining on a 0.2 Kg MakerBot spool. (152 mm OD, 87 mm core, 32 mm inside width) Simply put the tool on the spool flange and rest the scale on the filament. Then read off how many meters remain on the spool.
Topics: thingiverse, FilamentGage, tool, SpoolGage, stl, 3D Printer Accessories
4
4.0
Jan 6, 2021
01/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Grandkids have fun with this hand tool toy pliers. They use one hand per handle and use it to pick things up and move them. The pliers' serrations intermesh. No support material is needed.
Topics: pliers, toy, stl, Hand Tools, hand_tools, thingiverse
3
3.0
Jun 22, 2021
06/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The grandkids don't know how to push the softsoap dispenser down part way, so to save soap, I designed this stopper to snap around the softsoap stem. I could have just made a tube, but decided to match the threads so it could get screwed toward the head and stay in one place. Just print two of them and snap it around the thread, then screw it towards the top as shown in the picture. For extreme limiting, there's the 1" model shown in the photo, for less limiting of soap, there's the...
Topics: Softsoap, Household, thingiverse, stl, Soap Limiter, soap usage
10
10.0
Apr 21, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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This is a copy of a "snowflake" I cut from paper back in December of 2012.
Topics: thingiverse, stl, 2D Art
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Apr 5, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Ornament drawn up in Alibre Design. One of my first parts off the printer. About 3" across at full scale. See also Snowflake 2, Snowflake 3 & Snowflake 4.
Topics: thingiverse, 2D Art, stl
10
10.0
Mar 21, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The clip on our treadmill broke a while ago and I thought I might try designing an easy-to-print replacement. The clip has been working great for us for quite a while now.
Topics: thingiverse, Replacement Parts, stl
10
10.0
Mar 21, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I wanted to try 1.75 filament in my Bukobot 8 duo which was designed for 3 mm filament, so I bought a new hot end & tip, but the clamp lever didn't clamp the filament to the drive wheel, so I designed a longer lever. So far it's working...
Topics: stl, clamp, Bukobot, 3D Printer Parts, lever, 1.75 filament, thingiverse
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3.0
Mar 5, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I don't like how the typical hex wrench holder makes you turn the wrenches in order to get the one underneath it out. Here's a first attempt at a design where all wrenches are accessible at the same time. My printer wasn't printing so well when I made it, but I was able to get the wrenches in and they were accessible. Unfortunately, the markings I created in the STL file for the wrench sizes didn't come out, so I had to mark the sizes manually.
Topics: stl, HexWrench, tool_holder, Organization, thingiverse
3
3.0
Jan 18, 2022
01/22
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I did my best to duplicate the genius of Luke Tansell, recreating https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1763518 in my own CAD software. Improvements include: * My granddaughters tended to break off the "spoon" end, so I beefed it up * I believe my version also has less trouble breaking it loose and freeing the moving parts after printing * This version includes a little ball to launch with the catapult
Topics: desk_catapult, small_catapult, thingiverse, catapult, mini_catapult, toy_catapult, stl, Mechanical...
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9.0
Apr 24, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The basic equation for the shape of this egg comes from following a point on a connecting rod near the crankshaft. The equation I came up with has 3 inputs: h = height, 0
Topics: easter_egg, math_art, thingiverse, stl, Math Art, egg
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Mar 21, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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I carved a cross like this many years ago for my niece's wedding. I thought it was cool and now managed to model one up in Geomagic Design & 3D print it. Also the dimensions are nearly 19 units tall and 13 wide, so I printed it in inches at 0.15 scale. I've added "Cross loop small.stl" since it's only 3Mb and much more manageable. The original "Cross loop.stl" was closer to 60Mb. This cross can be thought of as symbolizing Jesus' never-ending, infinite love for us as...
Topics: stl, Christian_cross, Sculptures, cross, Christian, thingiverse
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9.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The cage has four-sided beams making up an icosahedron. The ball is built inside. Separate ball & icosahedron files allow you to make it in two colors if your printer supports it. However, it may be possible to make the ball first, then make the icosahedron, pausing the job as it gets taller than the ball and insert it before finishing the icosahedron job.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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10.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Snowflake shape that could be readily cut from paper, but intended for 3D printing.
Topics: stl, 2D Art, snowflake, thingiverse, snow
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9.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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At the request of ruddfawcett, I've made a modified icosahedron with thinner legs.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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9.0
Apr 7, 2021
04/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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The cage has parallelogram cross-section beams making up a dodecahedron. The ball is built inside. Separate ball & dodecahedron files allow you to make it in two colors if your printer supports it. However, it may be possible to make the ball first, then make the dodecahedron, pausing the job as it gets taller than the ball and insert it before finishing the dodecahedron job.
Topics: stl, thingiverse, Sculptures
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4.0
Mar 13, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Cookie cutters representing three handbell sizes. My daughters thought the first set were out of proportion, so I added a second set
Topics: thingiverse, cookie_cutter, stl, Handbell, 3D Printing
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10.0
Mar 21, 2021
03/21
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Don (Obi-Don)
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Modeled after a paper snowflake I cut in December 2012.
Topics: ornament, stl, 2D Art, thingiverse, snowflake
