I loathe when you pull for one towel and either the holder skitters across the counter, or the resistance is so low you unspool six sheets without a tear. Here's why I love this paper towel holder:
- Ultra minimal and clean looking
- So freakin' heavy, people think it's glued down
- Hollow tube for lowest center of gravity and temporary “stuffing storage”
- Tapered tube end for effortless reloading
- Single piece design with steel weights permanently captured mid-print
- AntiSlip base grooves that could be sliced with TPU interwoven for even more ridiculous holding power
I'll be honest, this was cobbled together quickly to be my first print on a brand new XL, but I now find all other paper towel holders inferior. I have printed one copy in PLA and it works fantastic. Stuff worth considering:
- In your slicer, "Concentric" bottom and top fill pattern is most fitting
- The weight chambers are sized for 2" diameter steel washers, but you can fill with sand or other scrap metal that can stay flat for the cover bridging layers
- I happened to have 28 of McMaster part 91117A228, but really 2"Ø round metal thing, 1" or less tall will work to hit that ≈3kg total
- Let the weights pre-warm on your print bed to minimize the thermal shock when you inset them and resume
- Set a pause in your slicer just before the bridging layer that will encapsulate the weight chambers
- If Multi-material is easy for you, have the few bottom layers be TPU to maximize the effect of the AntiSlip grooves
- Printer volume not tall enough? scale Z only until it fits; less weight, but should work fine
- Go heavy on the infill because, well why not at this point??
- I tend to use re-usable flannel paper towels for non-staining messes, but I can confirm it also works great with conventional paper towels
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