3D Printing – Fabricating for a Function part 2 & 3

YES IT’S THE END OF 3D MODELING & PRINTING

With this project I had to eventually deviate from my original plan from 3D Modeling part one. It was supposed to be a big water jug with a long tub, but with some newly insights of how 3D printing works, I realized this was not possible due to the nature of the actual physical materials produced from a 3D printer. The product would’ve been porous and any liquid within it would not been drinkable through a tube as we would be breathing air with water dripping out of the whole thing. SO I came up with a large water bottle holder. Basically a box, I could hang on my bedpost that could hold up to 16 water bottles. The closely aligned with my goals which was to make my water accessible from my bed, clear up my desk space, and essentially tidy up my area.

Introducing: The Water Bottle Box

Modeling this was simple, but not. The easy part: sketching out a 12 x 12 x 4 in inch rectangle (about 315 x 315 x 115 mm in Fusion360, with an extra 10mm shell making the hollow part big enough for the water bottles. The hard part: making the handle. I ended up making a torus and cutting to fit the box and then combined the objects. I initially had the handle in the middle, but it wouldn’t be stretchable so I had to put it toward the end so I could hang it on the bed post.

REFERENCE

This is my bed post ft. The Monkey Man.
This is the water bottle I modeled after to make my product ft. Denny my dog that I’m allergic to but still love despite my asthma and daily Claritin treatments…he’s worth it.

by Danielle Cabansay

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