Symmetric Keyed Spans / Connector by relet
Symmetric Keyed Spans / Connector by relet
Thingiverse citizen relet has uploaded a derivative of the ridiculously comprehensive Yazzo project by WilliamAAdams with his symmetric keyed spans and connectors. Designed in OpenSCAD, my absolute favorite solid 3D modeling program, relet’s connectors allow the easy inclusion of dovetail connections into any design. I can definitely see myself making use of this design when it comes to making modular or multi-part designs of my own.
One of the more interesting things about relet’s contribution is that it is the third “exploitable” on Thingiverse in the last four days. While none of these contributions by themselves is that interesting to print, they can form the basis for some really wacky and useful mashups.
With more and more “exploitables” becoming available people are going to have more choices for the “building blocks” they use to realize new creations.
| Tagged with | connector, dovetail, exploitables, openscad, relet, williamaadams, yazzo | 3 comments |
3 Comments so far
relet
Ha! I thought tag:exploitable was coined for the pony. You will actually find a lot more exploitable things when you search for the tag:modular.
OpenSCAD Model Slicer - MakerBot Industries
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