Baader 3D-Printable UFC-CASE for filter sliders

[angryowl]

Has anyone tried printing one of these? They come in two parts, top and base. you have to register and then you can just download the STL files. I was planning on designing my own but then came across these and they seem like they would do the job.

Once my new glass build plate gets delivered I'll print a set and report back. they should come in very handy as I have seven UFC filter sliders, and my current solution is to keep them in their original cardboard boxes which is not very elegant.

[angryowl]

Received my glass plate so will be printing a set of these on Saturday and see how they turn up and will report here with pictures of course.

[angryowl]

Had some issues with the printer and just did a test print and seems to be working fine again.

Will start a print job for a set of these next and will update once completed.

[angryowl]

Print completed successfully and I have to say these look gorgeous and fit perfectly and have a very sooth action. Once the lid is open there's sort of a click maintaining it into the open position. It closes down very well and the filter does not move at all inside the casing. Removing the filter is super easy, the end knob can easily be grabbed and pulled out of the casing. 

One thing though, it might just be my printer but I had to enlarge the 3mm tip hole just a bit with a screwdriver and now it works flawlessly. By the way I used support for the 3mm hole whilst printing.

I shall definitely be printing more of these for all of my filters as they're just great. Baader did a fantastic job with these and deserve the proper credit, plus they're freely downloadable.

[angryowl]

For those interested, the print settings for mine are as follows:

• 0.1 layer height
• 0.2 initial layer height
• 3 Wall line count 
• 3 top and bottom layers
• 24% infill. Infill pattern lines
• 20mm/s Print speed
• 30mm/s travel speed
• 10mm/s initial layer print speed
• 100% cooling at from layer 3
• Support just for the hole, density 30%
• 20 Brims for better Build Plate Adhesion
• My retraction settings still need to be tuned in but this is what they are: speed 10mm/s, distance 1.5mm

I know every printer is different and everyone has their own setting for PLA printing but just though I'd post these for anyone interested. With these settings it produces sturdy and beautiful finish prints so this is what I usually print as.

This is a cross section of one of the sets in Cura 

As can be seen with these settings it only requires 14.27m of filament which I think is economical but does take quite a long time to complete. I often leave my printer printing during night time and I've never really had a problem.