For years, I used self-made measuring tapes with a wide bottom part, made of paper and plastic tape, for my leather work. When you put those into a closed round piece, you could conveniently read the inside length from the scale sticking out. These two tapes are now sadly lost after two moves.
With the 3D printer and Cura's Spiralize feature (in the Cura printing profile under "Special Modes" / Spiralize Outer Contours", set the number of top and bottom lines to 0) one can use the 3D printer to produce a version of such an Inside Measuring Tape in a short printing time, which has additional advantages:
- If you put the Measuring Tape in a bracelet or necklace, it expands itself to the inner circumference and can be read comfortably without having to hold anything. This is because the thin plastic is trying to regain its original shape and will therefore stretch as far apart as it can.
- If you need an outside Measuring Tape instead of an inside one, you can simply roll up the tape measure with a small diameter and expose it to heat, for example, put it on a heater or warm it up with a hair dryer. If you now place it around a round object after it has cooled, the plastic will try to return to its previous (tighter) shape and wrap tightly around the outside of the object.
- Since the production of the Measuring Tape is fast and inexpensive, it is also possible to simply cut it to the determined length at or by the customer. The correct size is then determined without any possibility of errors and can be easily verified on the finished object.
- If such a Measuring Tape is produced in the intended width of the bracelet or dog collars to be made, then it can be checked whether this width also works and wears as desired. If the Measuring Tape for a bracelet is fixed with two paper clips in the intended circumference and worn for a few minutes, it can also be checked whether the bracelet is perceived as comfortable, or is too tight or too wide after all.
I have uploaded three different versions as STL, two for bracelets, one for collars. The height of the scale is just under 15mm, so when used as an inside measuring tape it should be at least 15mm higher than the collar width.
04/18/2023: Added two Versions
Radius 90mm - Length 565mm - Height 50mm - For collar or bracelet width up to 35mm
Radius 100mm - Length 628mm - Height 60mm - For collar or bracelet width up to 45mm
03/12/2024: Added one Version
Radius 80mm - Length 500mm - Height 60mm- For collar or bracelet width up to 45mm
-- German --
Innen-Maßband für Hundehalsbänder, Armbänder oder ähnliches.
Jahrelang habe ich für meine Lederarbeiten aus Papier und Klebefolie gebastelte Maßbänder benutzt, die ein breite Unterteil hatten. Wenn man die in ein geschlossenes rundes Werkstück gestellt und mit einer Büroklammer fixiert hat, konnte man bequem die Innenlänge an der herausstehenden Skala ablesen. Diese beiden Innen-Maßbänder sind jetzt nach zwei Umzügen leider verschollen.
Mit dem 3D Drucker und der Spiralize Funktion von Cura (im Cura-Druckprofil unter „Special Modes“ / Spiralize Outer Contours“ zu finden, Anzahl Top- und Bottom-Lines auf 0 setzen) kann man mit dem 3D Drucker in kurzer Druckzeit eine Version eines solchen Innen-Maßbandes herstellen, das weitere Vorteile hat:
Ich habe drei verschiedene Versionen als STL hochgeladen, zwei für Armbänder, eins für Halsbänder. Die Höhe der Skala beträgt knapp 15mm, bei der Verwendung als Innen-Maßband sollte es also mindestens 15mm höher sein, als die Halsbandbreite.
18.04.2023: Zwei Version für größere Drucker (und größere Hunde :D ) hinzugefügt
Radius 90mm - Länge 565mm - Höhe 50mm - Halsband- oder Armbandbreite bis zu 35mm
Radius 100mm - Länge 628mm - Höhe 60mm - Halsband- oder Armbandbreite bis zu 45mm
12.03.2024: Eine Version für kleinere Drucker und breitere Halsbänder hinzugefügt
Radius 80mm - Length 500mm - Height 60mm - Halsband- oder Armbandbreite bis zu 45mm
The author marked this model as their own original creation.