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Design for 3D-Printing

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837 points q3k | 2 comments | 04 May 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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MetaWhirledPeas ◴[04 May 25 18:34 UTC] No.43888495[source]▶
These are some great tips. The teardrop shaped holes are a neat idea.
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1. KeplerBoy ◴[04 May 25 18:37 UTC] No.43888512[source]▶
Those were a staple of early reprap designs.
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2. q3k ◴[04 May 25 19:27 UTC] No.43888877[source]▶
In fact, it was such an iconic piece of early 3d printing design language that it became _the_ RepRap logo!

https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRapLogo

Then overhangs got good enough that people just started doing normal holes again. :)