Paper towel fork

When I saw this contest, this was the first thing that came to my mind. So I designed and printed it. And I know this is not the most efficient or practical towel holder. But I like the look of it. (If you think the print quality on the printed model is not good, you are right. My printer needed some maintenance.)

Needed hardware

• 6x m4 nuts
• 2x m4x18 (round headed) (slightly larger will also do) 
• 4x m4x30 (round headed) (slightly larger will also do) 
• A little bit of superglue

Printing 

No support is needed (if you have sufficient cooling)

The ‘Log fork’ and ‘Log fork arm’ I both printed with 0.3 layer height and 0.6 nozzle.

The rest of the parts I used a 0.4 nozzle with a 0.2 layer height.

You will need:

• 1x Log fork
• 1x Log fork arm
• 2x cylinder
• 2x cylinder cap
• 2x piston

Print the files like shown here below:

Assembly

Put the nuts in the nut shaped cut outs. 

To make the cylinder workable it needs to be glued. First put the piston inside the cylinder. A few drops of superglue on the cylinder cap. Now the cylinder cap can be put on the cylinder, this is only in one way possible, because of the cut outs. Hold the cap for a moment, so the glue can cure.

Now put all the bolts in the holes and tighten these with the nuts. Not too tight, otherwise fork wil not close. Enjoy!