Models Showcase: free 3D-printable organizers

By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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MAIN PURPOSE: Frame a round mirror as an Art Deco sunburst

An Art Deco sunburst frame for a round mirror. Glue a 150 mm craft mirror on the centre field and the 24 rays, long and short in turn, spread out round it; the keyhole sits behind the mirror so the screw never shows.

Printing notes

110.2 cm³

Volume

136.6 g

Est. weight

1,596

Triangles

Gold or brass silk PLA. Mirror glued with mirror adhesive. Prints flat as a plate, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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Duet Tray

MAIN PURPOSE: Serve as a tray, then hang as wall art

A catch-all tray with a second life as wall art. The underside carries an engraved diamond pattern and two keyholes, so when the coffee table needs clearing it hangs on the wall face out as a decorative panel, and comes down again as a tray.

Printing notes

134.9 cm³

Volume

167.2 g

Est. weight

8,528

Triangles

Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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Moonbalance

MAIN PURPOSE: Balance a crescent on a fingertip

A crescent that balances on a fingertip by its nose. The arch weighs more below the tip than above it, so it tips, swings and always returns level; press an M8 nut into each horn pad and it stands on a pencil point or the Fulcrum Stand tip. A desk object that explains centre of mass without a word.

Printing notes

15.4 cm³

Volume

19.1 g

Est. weight

876

Triangles

Print flat in PLA; press or glue an M8 nut into each pad.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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Bloom Ring

MAIN PURPOSE: Build a ring that expands and contracts

One link of an expanding ring: two 50 mm arms kinked at 150 degrees. Pin twelve pairs at their kinks and join the pairs end to end with M3 screws, and the ring breathes from a tight crown to a ring twice as wide when you pull it open. A kinetic centrepiece and a lesson in angulated scissors.

Printing notes

4.6 cm³

Volume

5.7 g

Est. weight

772

Triangles

Print 24 flat in PETG; 36 M3 screws and nylock nuts. Prints flat as a plate, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Geometric & decorative

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Helix Spindle

MAIN PURPOSE: Twist stacked discs into a changing sculpture

A sculpture you play with: oval discs with an off-centre hole thread onto an 8 mm dowel. Turn each a few degrees past the last and the stack twists into a helix; push them about and it becomes a wave, a fan or a column. The Swivel Post socket makes a ready base.

Printing notes

19.4 cm³

Volume

24.1 g

Est. weight

328

Triangles

Print 20 to 30 flat; an 8 mm dowel 200 mm long. Prints flat as a plate, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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Gyre Lantern

MAIN PURPOSE: Fan ribs into a hanging globe lantern

A lantern that folds flat: twelve crescent ribs bolt together through the eyes at both tips. Closed, it is a single 214 mm crescent; spin the ribs round the axis and they open into a globe that hangs from its top bolt around a battery fairy light, casting a striped shadow.

Printing notes

10.6 cm³

Volume

13.1 g

Est. weight

708

Triangles

Print twelve flat; two M3 bolts. LED lights only. Prints flat as a plate, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Multi-part assembly

Others Geometric & decorative

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Observatory Beam

MAIN PURPOSE: Throw a turnable blade of light across the ceiling

A night light with an observatory roof. Set an LED puck on the round base and lower the drum over it: light escapes only through the slit in the roof, throwing one sharp blade of light up the wall and across the ceiling, and turning the drum on its base sweeps the blade round the room like a telescope dome turning to a new star.

Printing notes

92.8 cm³

Volume

115.1 g

Est. weight

2,128

Triangles

Opaque matt filament keeps the beam crisp. Print it as shown, then turn it over so the floor becomes the top. The lid is the base; needs a 70 mm LED puck. Print floor-down as shown, then turn it over to use it. The friction-fit lid and its neck piece print separately; adjust Fit in the Lid tab if it binds.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

Others Geometric & decorative

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Rosace

MAIN PURPOSE: Throw coloured light through window tracery

A window rose for sunlight. Tape coloured acetate or tissue behind the seven round lights, hang it on a thread in a sunny window, and the twelve-lobed tracery throws a pool of coloured light across the room as the sun moves, like a rose window in a small church.

Printing notes

35.9 cm³

Volume

44.5 g

Est. weight

2,092

Triangles

Print flat in dark PLA so the colours glow.

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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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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

Others Geometric & decorative

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Wayback Rose

MAIN PURPOSE: Catch keys in a dish aimed at your hometown

A compass-rose key dish that points home. Set it by the front door with its long north arm aimed at the town you came from, and drop keys into the eight-point bowl; the underside is engraved with that place's coordinates. A quiet present for anyone who has moved away or is about to.

Printing notes

24.4 cm³

Volume

30.2 g

Est. weight

11,664

Triangles

Print the dish as one piece; a darker colour shows the points best. Prints as shown on its outline, no supports.

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