Round Box
I didn't have a lot of inspiration this weekend, but I wanted to keep practicing with the Part Design workbench on FreeCAD, so I made a little round box.
The exterior diameter is 80mm, and the interior diameter is 75mm. The height of the box is 40mm, so it's quite roomy to store small things.\ I have no clue what I'm going to use it for, but really, only seeing an object I designed there on the table is so cool I don't care if I don't end up using it.
I printed the box with fuzzy skin (first try!) and I like the textured effect. Surprisingly, the fuzzy effect doesn't add a lot of printing time, maybe only around 30 minutes.
I also used this as an opportunity to try printing with a higher speed. I usually print at 50mm/s, and until now I had only tried to print slower, at 20mm/s for TPU. For this box, I printed it at 80mm/s, the maximum recommended for this filament (PLA Value Pack from Creality).
It ended up nicely:
The first version of the lid was 76,4mm in diameter, so it slid inside the box and rested on the small groove. The result didn't convince me completely, so I did this second version that matches the diameter of the box.
I wonder how would it look with the lid having fuzzy skin as well, but I don't think it's possible. At least not with Cura.
I'm happy with the result, now I only need to find a use for it. 😄