Originally shared by james wolf
Solving an issue in the kitchen with a quick and easy 3D printed part (with pics). The scrubber in the kitchen makes doing dishes easy, but we were going through a LOT of extra soap because the scrubber sat horizontally on the edge of the sink.
The soap leaks out of the sponge, and cheap and easy 3D printed part that hung on the handle of the faucet would be a good way to keep the soap in the scrubber.
I first measured out the diameter of the faucet handle, the distance to the sink edge and the diameter of the scrubber before first sketching the design on paper then mocking the shape up in my favorite 3D design tool: Sketchup.
After printing and cleaning the part slips easily over the faucet handle and the scrubber drops in nicely. The hole for the scrubber is over-sized on purpose so that the scrubber can easily be removed and used and then dropped back for storage. The thinnest parts are 2mm, and since the ridges stack vertically the ABS material is very strong.
If you want to print one yourself I am making the design freely available on my Google Drive here:
STL file:
SKP (SketchUp) file:
You can modify and print them according to the measurements for your sink, just send me a link I would love to see your changes or improvements.
Download the free version of SketchUp here:
http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make
#3dprinting #upplus2 #stl #skp #kitchenissues
