Sphere Keeper

 
Designed by: Wildsketch   contact
2.3 w x 2.2 d x 2.2 h in cm |

My Significant Sweetie has a large collection of semi-precious gem and mineral spheres, I thought I would use my abilities to create a unique sphere holder for her.

The previous version was double the size I wanted because I measured wrong. This is being scaled to fit a sphere of a specific size, when I created the sphere by which I measured it, I made the mistake of thinking radius was diameter. As a result the object was twice as large as intended. Though it might still have been usable at that size, for a different sphere.

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very cool, how big is the sphere?
Wed Aug 20 18:42:36 2008 by Smelz
Thanks for the info. I think I'll have to try this design for myself though. On the whole I am glad to hear that that material is more strong than flexible. I wouldn't want my designs coming out too limp.
Wed Aug 6 17:21:15 2008 by Wildsketch
I had a small sample printed in "white strong flexible", and I did not find it flexible at all.
It has mainly sections of 1cm*2cm, and a part is about 4mm*2mm.
Wed Aug 6 13:47:06 2008 by andre.bois
I am betting that when printed with the flexible material it could bend enough to let the sphere inside. Otherwise I would design the model with 2 interlocking parts. Since the little character is meant to just peek over the sphere a seam behind it should not be noticeable.
Wed Aug 6 12:28:07 2008 by Wildsketch
Nice design.
But how would you fit the sphere inside ? By removing an arm ?
Wed Aug 6 11:37:34 2008 by andre.bois
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This model is not for sale.
 
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