Finished Mjollnir. Used an ardunio to program a neopixel Jewel to provide the lights and I ran the power wires down the hilt to a switch. Quite happy with it 
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i find the glow-in-the-dark stuff pretty good. It holds the “charge” far better than other brands I’ve tried.
The filament itself held up great when I was colour-changing on these axolotls (pink and yellow used glow, for their dark colours):
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Show us a picture of them, glowing in the dark?
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Congratulations on installing your new IKEA Kitchen!
Now, good luck trying to find the perfect flatware tray that would fit the curved bottom of the IKEA drawers.
The solution? A custom tray modeled in SOLIDWORKS and 3D Printed in PETG translucent. Of course, you can pick whatever type of filament you want.
I used Bambu PETG Translucent.
I printed the trays on separate plates to reduce the possibility of a mishap. Feel free to place multiple trays together if you want.
Notice that the teaspoon tray is made out of two pieces. Due to the configuration of the drawer, you do not need to glue them together. They sit nicely in the proper position “like they are glued".
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Corners should be much more rounded, which makes cleaning much easier. That’s also why the IKEA drawers are angled so much, for easy cleaning.
Enköping isn`t the drawer - it’s just the front cover of your choice. I normaly chose high-gloss light-beige VOXTORP light-beige kitchen – glossy and minimal - IKEA Switzerland. Not the cheapest choice, but these doors will hold a very long time.
You can find tons of drawer inserts when you buy them at IKEA. Properly rounded and absolutely groove-free for easy cleaning and very affordable in high quality.
Well, having a Swiss kitchen installed by a Swiss kitchen builder costs around 30-50k USD The kitchens then last 40 years or more - that also why I install each one myself. Then you can get away with IKEA by 7k USD… And 10 years for an IKEA kitchen is still nothing anymore - they getting 20 Years plus without any problem if it right installed.
The quality of IKEA kitchens has really increased dramatically over the last 20 years. Stop buffer, door hinge with multiple orientations for messaging. Getting hard to find difference to a high-end kitchen. The only thing I wouldn’t get from IKEA is the water basin including the drain, as well as the kitchen countertop, there they still have to practice a bit 
But maybe they’ve solved it now, it’s been 7 years since I installed an IKEA kitchen - but your drawers are still the same.
However, if doors are bought cheaply, you can replace them after 10 years and leave the rest of the kitchen in (No guarantee from me that thy still have it, but based on my experience they will). So pay close attention to your shopping list and stick it under a drawer somewhere…then the sellers will quickly know which replacement covers to give you.
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This is a Jackmass Ares short course truck. It’s slid down the street on it’s roof. The hole in the door is from hitting train track rail that is just laying about behind work. The hood is scarred where it got stuck under a gate. The A pillar on the passenger door is glued back on. And ETC. Absolutely no damage to the chassis or running gear. And yes, I drive it like I’m 8.
Red is Overture Red PLA, black is either Overture High Speed TPU or Overture Professional PLA. It has metal shafts and gears as opposed to the 3Dsets cars, this makes it better for bashing as it’s much less fragile. No close up of the roof as I forgot about layer lines, it’s major ugly!
Edit:
I keep calling it a short course truck, Jackmass calls it a trophy truck. I’ll try to mend my ways.
The only non body related problem I’ve had so far is snapping the end off a dogbone in the rear axle by landing with full power on. Ended up with a front wheel drive truck which still drove just fine. I had to pick it up to verify something was wrong.
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Other helpful 3D prints - just examples, a new one I get at least every week… doing it`s job without a 3D printer, almoste impossible.
Temporary insulation holders (before installing the vapor barrier and before roof battens, which then permanently will hold the insulation in place).
TPU transition for sewer ventilation. Avoidance of negative pressure in fall lines. Note, the black pipe is a 5 inch pipe…
TPU clamp insert in special dimensions and needed immediately. Turns any square tube into a clamp in minutes.
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I was doing research on DIY mice for a certain project, and found Teaching Tech did a DIY space mouse. I dropped everything and made it. This thing is decently cool.
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Loaded my .02 nozzle back in this weekend and have been fiddling with printing tiny parts.
I work as a design engineer for industrial equipment- one of the recent builds I designed is a fairly tiny rotary inspection/assembly machine. I thought it would be neat to try to print a 10th scale version of it as a desktop piece.
I’ve been impressed with the level of detail I’m getting, Theres alot of tiny details to edit and print but I think it might be pretty neat when its done.
The tiny casters are 4 pieces, the wheel, the rubber pad, a red screw adjuster, and the white housing. They are really tiny!
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Every new filament you get comes with a silica bag to keep it dry. Do not throw these bags away!
I wanted to “recharge” the bags in a filament dryer, but they require spacing for the air to flow around them, so I designed this holder.
Designing the holder took in consideration the following principles:
- Minimum filament use
- Accepts variable size bags
- Can accept up to 18 bags
- Can use a standard spool
- Can be used in a standard filament dryer like SUNLU S2
- Does not require glue
I printed in PETG, so I can dry the bags at 70 degree Celsius.
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Everything in TPU chemically and UV resistant.
Interesting project…Even more interesting than normal.
Connector for corrugated pipes diameter 40-50mm (approximately 1.5-2 UV-resistant installation pipes cable pipes ).
Distribution box with various of these connectors
Including corrugated pipe retraction protection for wall breakthroughs (Black = TPU 3D printed part)
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@SWElite ,
Now you really saved my day! With all the IKEA kitchen accessories you have given me a solution to a problem I have for a long time!
I have a cutting curve on an laminate IKEA kitchen top plate where the glued laminate strips always come off. I cut it round so it doesn’t hurt anyone. With TPU there would be even more protection…
Literally screams for an elegant 3D printing TPU solution!
Likewise, the vapor barrier on a sink has become loose and is now attacking the laminated area.
Literally screams for an elegant 3D printing TPU solution as well!
The times without 3D printers were really terrible and the fact that 3D printers exist doesn’t always occur to me 
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If I were IKEA, I would post 3D models to complement my line of products.
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Honestly, I couldn’t take any good pictures. My camera is garbage for taking pictures in the dark.
This is the best I can do. The original models in the other pictures have been sold so I printed some in solid glow.
vvvv colours in light.
vvvvv colours in slight dark
vvvvv colours in heavy dark
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Ball-jointed Metal Sonic doll. Printed in parts on Bambulab X1C, layer height 0.20mm, total time was 31 hours.
Filament used on the large: Royal Blue PLA Prusament, Silver Blend PLA Prusament, Bambulab PLA Matte Black, Yellow, and Red.
Filament used on the small: 3DTomorrow PLA Galaxy Blue, Eryone PLA Sparkle Red, Bambulab PLA Matte Yellow, Bambulab PLA Metal Iron.
Link: Printables
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My journey in organizing the drawers of a new IKEA kitchen continues. The big knife block that I shared with you earlier asked for a small brother for the smaller knives.
And this is the bigger brother:
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I might have to give this a go! Been needing a way to store my knives. Right now they just jangle around in the drawer wild and free. It’s chaos in there!
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