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colourlesspony@pawb.social to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 12 days ago

Dryer knob broke so I carefully engineered a temporary fix while we wait for the replacement part.

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Dryer knob broke so I carefully engineered a temporary fix while we wait for the replacement part.

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colourlesspony@pawb.social to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 12 days ago
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  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    We must have similar models and problems. I was able to print out a replacement part luckily.

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      It bothers me that stuff like this (appliance parts in particular) isn’t really standardized.

      I don’t want to have to redesign a replacement part for every unique knob in existence.

      Give me standard knob.stl and let me print it dammit

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        Yeah it’s a really unnecessary problem to have. It took me three print iterations to get the fit good enough.

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          Please share it to the 3d print community! If you had to solve the problem guaranteed someone else needs it too.

          Thank you for your service.

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            I would like to second this. I don’t have a 3d printer, but my library does. I can do all the research in the world beforehand but nothing helps more than a file someone else has used successfully.

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              I’d be happy to but I’m not registered in any repository. Is there a way to upload the STL here?

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                Uh, yyyyyeeessssssss

                I’m sure. If not I can try setting up some kind of filehoster in the morning. I’m tried. How large are the files? I did this once and I don’t remember.

                I’m going through https://fedidb.com/software looking for a file host right now

                https://manyfold.app/ might be your best bet? It says it’s for organizing 3d print stuff

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                  It’s no bigger than a couple of megs I guess.

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                STL file sharing sites are free to join. Just avoid thingiverse.

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                  I’d vote for printables.com personally!

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        The point is to encourage you to buy a new dryer.

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        It’s probably not a standard, but I’m pretty sure the size of the flattened metal rod this knob goes on is very common in large household appliances (oven, washing machine etc).

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