this hex shaped pencil stand consists of two parts, the outer shell and the inlet.
prepared versions of 60mm and 100mm height, both with an outer diameter of 100mm.
the inlets are supposed to be printed with 1 perimeter, 1-2 bottom layers and without top layers.
thats where you can create a huge amount of variations in your slicer by using the different infill styles in low percentages (1-8% area) for various sizes and shapes of holes. even modifiers (in every shape loaded in your gallery) with different infill density or style are possible. Honeycomb works great (tested in the 4-7% area), but others should be fine too as long as there are channels going through from top to bottom. Examples for honeycomb: 5%→ca. 15mm diameter, 8%→ca. 9mm diameter.
to test if your pens and accessories fit the chosen infill percentage and style you can cut (or scale) the inlets to around 1mm in height (without any top and bottom layers) and do a quick print on this.
it is quite easy to scale in your slicer if you want bigger or smaller versions of it.
printed mine in PETG 0.3 draft at standard settings and had good results, when placed like in the files there is no need of support material.
design trivia: when I was showing my airBug&Bee design to a friend he immediately came up with „ yeah turn it by 90 degrees and put pens in there“, so here it is…
as always I highly appreciate every like, rating or make, same for remixing and sharing.
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