Snorkel holder broke mid-summer! Design,

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Snorkel holder broke mid-summer! Design, slicing and printing took about 2 hours total and problem fixed. Sliced with Slic3r 1.2.9 at 0.3 layer height and printed with ABS. Unfortunately I didn’t have matching color, so I printed in Natural ABS. I will print another one when I get some black. I have to say I enjoyed flexibility that ABS offers (PLA is way too brittle), it was needed for this design, as the holder has to stretch a bit before clamping into position.

Wife is happy as well that I finally printed something useful :slight_smile:

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Great print. Well done

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Thanks @Vaughan_Lundin !

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what program did you design it in ???

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try nylon :slight_smile:

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@Dianne_Fontayne
Have you tried Onshape?

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@marc_kerger
Hey Marc, I haven’t tried nylon yet. ABS is pretty new for me at the moment! So are you suggesting nylon for more flexibility?

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try this: it is flexible when printed thin, but is quite hard when thicker: http://taulman3d.com/pctpe-features.html