I didn’t realize it until last night, but 1 of my windows wouldn’t lock. I can’t have that! It was a 2nd story window, so not a security issue, but the cold air blows through it. I needed to make a shim for the lock.
I happen to have this really cool tool. My 3d printer. It can make parts for me when the weather is too nasty to go to the store (never mind that the stores don’t carry the parts I want).
I took a few measurements, wrote a few lines of openscad code, and 30 minutes later, I had some perfectly fitting window lock plate shims.
The most tedious part was getting good measurements and working the screws with the window right there. Doesn’t leave much room for tools and hands.
The part is so trivial to create that I probably won’t post it to thingiverse… although the new configurator may make it useful for other people.
OpenScad Code Below
length = 71.75;
width = 7;
depth = 3.5;
topHole = 7.75;
bottomHole = 6.5;
holeWidth = 3.5;
difference()
{
cube(size = [length,width,depth], center = true);
translate (v = [length/2 - topHole , 0, -depth/2]) cylinder(h = depth, r=holeWidth/2, $fs =1);
translate (v = [-length/2 + bottomHole , 0, -depth/2]) cylinder(h = depth, r=holeWidth/2, $fs =1);
}
Print Settings for ~ 30 minute print of both parts at the same time.
; generated by Slic3r 0.9.8 on 2013-01-27 at 16:17:39 ; layer_height = 0.15 ; perimeters = 2 ; top_solid_layers = 4 ; bottom_solid_layers = 3 ; fill_density = 0.30 ; perimeter_speed = 60 ; infill_speed = 100 ; travel_speed = 130 ; scale = 1 ; nozzle_diameter = 0.35 ; filament_diameter = 1.73 ; extrusion_multiplier = 1 ; perimeters extrusion width = 0.56mm ; infill extrusion width = 0.56mm ; first layer extrusion width = 0.38mm
