Models Showcase: free 3D-printable organizers

By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Garden & plants

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MAIN PURPOSE: Train a climbing houseplant over an arch

A round-headed garden arch for a houseplant pot. Push the pointed legs into the compost until the flanges stop at the soil, then wind a hoya, jasmine or climbing pothos round the hoop: the little inward spurs hold the ties so the plant grows into an arbour instead of a tangle.

Printing notes

23.4 cm³

Volume

29.1 g

Est. weight

636

Triangles

Print flat in PETG; green or terracotta suits most pots.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Desk & office Desk organisation

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Broch

MAIN PURPOSE: Keep pens in the core and flat tools in the wall gap

A pen pot built like an Iron Age broch, whose double walls hid a gallery between them. Pens and pencils stand in the central tower, and the 14 mm ring between the walls takes rulers, scissors, a letter opener and chopsticks, so flat tools never fall over or hide among the pens.

Printing notes

131.6 cm³

Volume

163.1 g

Est. weight

1,008

Triangles

Print without supports; 3 perimeters. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Garden & plants

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Barbican

MAIN PURPOSE: Guard a seedling from slugs with a water moat

A castle moat for one precious seedling. Set the ring on the soil round the plant and fill the outer channel with water: slugs and snails will not cross it, while the plant grows up through the open centre and the inner wall keeps soil out of the moat.

Printing notes

66.2 cm³

Volume

82.1 g

Est. weight

1,176

Triangles

PETG outdoors; top up the moat after hot days. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Collections & display

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Crinkle Crankle

MAIN PURPOSE: Hold books upright in the bays of a wavy wall

A book wall that stands up only because it waves. Like the serpentine garden walls of Suffolk, one thin skin of plastic gains its stiffness from its curves: books, notebooks and records stand in the bays on both faces, and the wall needs no buttress, base or bookend to stay up.

Printing notes

178.9 cm³

Volume

221.8 g

Est. weight

2,156

Triangles

Print standing as shown; the 4 mm wall is solid. Prints as shown on its outline, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Home hardware & architecture

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Tail Weight

MAIN PURPOSE: Hang a plant or headphones out from a bookshelf

A cantilever held up by your books. Slide the thin tail under the last few books on a shelf, and the arm reaches out past the shelf edge to hang a small trailing plant, headphones or a tote; the weight of the books on the tail balances the load on the arm, no screws or clamps.

Printing notes

113.8 cm³

Volume

141.1 g

Est. weight

476

Triangles

Print as shown (profile on the bed), 100 % infill on the arm. Prints as shown on its outline, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Garden & plants

0

Tunnel Cloche

MAIN PURPOSE: Shelter a row of seedlings under a vault

A miniature polytunnel for seedlings on a windowsill or raised bed. The barrel vault is a single 3 mm shell that is stiff only because it is curved, the foot flanges stop it rocking, and the open ends let air through so seedlings stay warm without damping off.

Printing notes

123.3 cm³

Volume

152.9 g

Est. weight

1,300

Triangles

Print standing on one end in translucent PETG, vase-like.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Kitchen Serving & table

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Gridshell Hoop

MAIN PURPOSE: Hold a flexible lattice in its shell shape

The ring that turns the Gridshell Mesh into a bowl. Its 154 mm opening is smaller than the 220 mm lattice, so pushing the mesh in forces it into a shell, while the open floor lets the curve dip lower and crumbs fall through. The hoop alone also stands a round loaf or melon.

Printing notes

115.3 cm³

Volume

143.0 g

Est. weight

1,008

Triangles

Print in PLA or PETG with 3 perimeters for a stiff ring. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Kitchen Kitchen organisers

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Shukhov Base

MAIN PURPOSE: Build a hyperboloid crock from straight skewers

The foot of a hyperboloid utensil crock. Stand bamboo skewers in every tooth gap round the rim and hold them with a rubber band, slip the Shukhov Collar over the top and twist it: the straight skewers lean into a waisted hyperboloid tower, the structure Shukhov used for his radio masts.

Printing notes

48.3 cm³

Volume

59.9 g

Est. weight

616

Triangles

Needs 30 cm bamboo skewers and two strong rubber bands. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Kitchen Kitchen organisers

0

Shukhov Collar

MAIN PURPOSE: Twist straight skewers into a hyperboloid waist

The twisting top ring of the Shukhov crock. The skewer tips sit in its tooth gaps under a second rubber band; turn it against the base and the cage pinches into a hyperboloid waist, turn it back and the skewers stand straight as a cylinder, so you choose the silhouette.

Printing notes

25.7 cm³

Volume

31.9 g

Est. weight

644

Triangles

Print in the same filament as the base. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Geometric & decorative

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Hypar Lamp

MAIN PURPOSE: Stretch fabric into a glowing saddle roof

A tensile lamp you finish with a scrap of stretch fabric. Two diagonal columns stand tall and two stay low; hook the corners of a square of old tights or lycra over the four tops and the fabric pulls into a saddle, a hyperbolic paraboloid like a tent roof, glowing over an LED puck on the floor.

Printing notes

106.5 cm³

Volume

132.1 g

Est. weight

108

Triangles

PETG for stiff columns. Needs stretch fabric and an LED puck. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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