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Laundry dryer rod ending

Replacement for sun degraded ABS endings as found in my laundry dryer rods from Castorama.
2h 43m
1× print file
0.20 mm
0.40 mm
32.00 g
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updated January 5, 2024

Description

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A popular laundry dryer as bought at Castorama Poland  always had a flaw in its ABS rod endings which are failing after a few years from sun degradation. To my surprise I couldn't find it at pritntables.com so here I bring you a replacement for it.

For your convenience I am attaching Fusion 360 parametrized file so you may find it useful for other purposes just by tuning its dimensions and exporting to slicer.

How to print

For slicing I used Prusa Slicer, with following parameters:

  • randomized seams (improves strength)
  • 0.2mm perimeter
  • 4mm inner brim for stability
  • no supports

My approach was to print a few tests with PLA using 0.3mm layer height just to find out the best size. For my rods it was: 

  • length 30mm
  • thickness 2mm
  • inner_diameter 15.8mm
  • cordHoleDiam 4mm
  • cordSlot 1.3mm

Material

A white PETG (remember sun degradation) should be the best. PLA is too brittle.

Post Processing

You may need a deburring tool to create an internal chamfer - the ending prepared this way will snug better onto the rod.

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