3D Printed Fridge Handles

[Onoff]

2 handles on the fridge freezer and one on the freezer, all cracked and broken over the years. When laddo first got his 3D printer he made some new ones in white PLA. That was early days in terms of knowing about infills and reinforcing around screw holes so the handles failed and delaminated over time. They also got dirty and were hard to clean. SWMBO's liberal use of bleach may have hastened their demise of course.

Cue now and his latest efforts in grey PETG:

 

 

 

These will get a spray coat of Parkside Clear Plastic Paint and we'll see how that stands up.

[Big Jimbo]

They look great. What a cleaver little bugger.

[Radian]

Just about everything I ever printed in PLA has now delaminated and failed.

Unfortunately, that includes some important parts of the 3D printer itself 😂😢

[Onoff]

  On 07/12/2022 at 09:21, Big Jimbo said:

They look great. What a cleaver little bugger.

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Hmmm.....as he appears to have no intention of getting a job I try and keep him busy..... 

 

24 at Christmas, I'd been working 8 years at that age 🤬

[Onoff]

  On 07/12/2022 at 10:02, Radian said:

Just about everything I ever printed in PLA has now delaminated and failed.

Unfortunately, that includes some important parts of the 3D printer itself 😂😢

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We're just revisiting the printer enclosure, moving the printer PSU outboard and making a sealed cabinet to better print the nasties like ABS. 

[Big Jimbo]

24. Lazy git. I like you started full time work two weeks before my 16th birthday. 3D printing looks fab. If only i could use a computer !

[SteamyTea]

  On 07/12/2022 at 10:57, Onoff said:

24 at Christmas, I'd been working 8 years at that age

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I hadn't. Did my apprenticeship, alongside extra college, then university, and bought my second place.

 

Wish I had spent more time doing things I really liked.

Oh hang on. Went into semi retirement at 40 and done nothing constructive for over 2 decades.

Work is overrated.

[Gone West]

  On 07/12/2022 at 16:33, SteamyTea said:

Work is overrated.

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Agreed. I semi-retired at 45, fully retired at 54 and since then I designed and built my own PH. I wouldn't say doing your own self build isn't hard work though, and a lot is tied up in building it. The satisfaction came when I completed it.

[joe90]

  On 07/12/2022 at 16:33, SteamyTea said:

Work is overrated.

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I don’t mind hard work but what I could not stand was the people politics of working for a large company, when I was made redundant and started as a self employed builder it was so enlightening, yes you have to handle customers but I found that so much easier than managers and co workers 🤷‍♂️

Edited December 8, 2022 by joe90