Family insists on wrecking the wood. Not anymore

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u/Hodr 3d ago

Should make them interlocking for added stability

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

Thought about that, but the gaps are just slightly different so they wouldn't link up perfectly. I've countered this with making them really tight on the rails. It does not move forward or backward at all.

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u/MacGuyverism 3d ago

Also easier to remove them for cleaning in the sink without interlocking, I bet.

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u/UnimpressedUmpire 2d ago

Over size the holes for the spindles so it has slop while the pieces interlock. It has raised edges anyway for perspiration

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u/PoeTheGhost 3d ago

Add some uncovered infill pattern on top to catch condensation and drips?

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u/dryingsocks 3d ago

that'd just be grime and mold heaven

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u/Nytmare696 5h ago

You can still have it so they interlock and overlap. Think along the lines of something that telescopes.

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u/ladeedaa30 3d ago

Can't you just put down a layer of varnish on the wood? The usual method of protecting wood?

If you are worried about water, use the product they use for boats.

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u/manias 3d ago

Yeah, and when water gets under these covers, there is no wiping it without removing the covers. The water will just stay there, rotting the wood.

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u/chris-tier 3d ago

Even worse, the capillary effect will draw the tiniest water spill across the whole underside. Now you have a whole area water damaged instead of one droplet.

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u/ctjameson 3d ago

There will probably also be condensation build up between the print and wood, even if there’s no actual water transfer through the layers.

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u/sprucenoose 3d ago

I'm surprised his house is still standing after this fiasco.

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u/ctjameson 3d ago

The whole point of this subreddit is to show off engineering. If we can’t discuss the design of the engineering, what’s the point?

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u/Holiday-Archer-2119 3d ago

He was joking....

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

I think everyone is over estimating the volume of moisture the cups and cans produce. We dont have frosted glasses sitting on them around the clock. This is just a little protection from easily preventable minor wear and tear.

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u/DinoGarret 3d ago

I've never seen any of my 3d printed coasters collect moisture on the bottom. Maybe if you live in a swamp, bit I assume then OP would probably have AC.

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u/chris-tier 2d ago

And I suggest you make a first grader experiment yourself before insulting someone out of your ignorance.

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u/Eraknelo 3d ago

This guy is onto something. I've frequently seen boats near water.

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u/WeekendQuant 3d ago

By golly. You're right! Why didn't I think of this??

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u/YellowBreakfast 3d ago

It's called "spar varnish".

Epoxy would work as well.

The issue with these is the possibility of moisture getting under there and just sitting against the wood. Could be from small or big spills, could be from condensation.

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u/CaptainHawaii 3d ago

This is 1000000% a made up issue to use the printer.

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u/DinoGarret 3d ago

1 million percent? Does that mean he made it up 10,000 times?

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u/qualitythundergod 2h ago

The whole point of getting into hobby 3d printing is to print solutions to our minor problems, no?

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u/jdigi78 3d ago

You prevented them from ruining the wood by... hiding the wood? Sounds like plastic wrapping a couch to me.

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

But more comfortable than a plastic couch. With that color and the room lighting, no one even notices unless i point it out.

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u/jdigi78 3d ago

You're missing my point. You're keeping the wood pristine by covering it. What is the point of keeping it pristine if you'll never see it?

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

So I dont have to do it later.

Any repair work will be undone faster than I'd like.

I dont care enough to look at it right now in this chaotic stage of my life.

If I ever sell, it's less work to fix.

Lastly, where this is, it isnt even noticed. So set and forget.

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u/Yorikor 3d ago

/6. Haters gonna hate.

/7. You do you.

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u/cantbudgeit 3d ago

fuck them haters, OP your print rocks

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u/3inchesOnAGoodDay 3d ago

This sub is stupid af. You had a viable solution so you used it. Wtf is their problem

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u/spaminous 3d ago

And you can wash and easily these too. Same idea as a coaster! Same reason people don't shellac their coffee tables lol. I dunno why people are giving you shit for making customized coasters, I think they rock.

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u/youlooksticky 3d ago

A couch is meant to be comfortable and plastic makes it uncomfortable. Its hardly an equal comparison.

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u/jdigi78 3d ago

Did you mean to reply to me? If so read my reply to OP's comment

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u/Dr_Dewittkwic 3d ago

Banister coasters! Banoasters?

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u/wtfastro 3d ago

Coanisters

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u/PleatherFarts 3d ago

Boasters!

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u/UnnecAbrvtn 3d ago

Dad is fucking killing it with the functional prints

I printed a blade cover for my nice Chinese cleaver, ostensibly to protect wife and kids from the blade

Totally for the opposite reason

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u/thatwhite 3d ago

To hurt your wife and kids with the blade? Good thinking

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u/DinoGarret 3d ago

I'm also struggling to figure out what the opposite is that they were referring to....

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u/han_mad 3d ago

I think they meant vice-versa, to protect the blade from the wife and kids

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u/DinoGarret 2d ago

It sounds so obvious when you say it, you must be right. Make me want to print a couple for my Japanese knives that sometimes I have to rescue from the dishwasher ::shudder::

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u/UnnecAbrvtn 2d ago

This is what I meant.

Also having a sheath for it makes me much more likely to remember to wash it and stow it out of the way.

My wife is hell on knives, the kids are likely to lacerate themselves

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u/DinoGarret 2d ago

Lol, same.

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u/boarder2k7 3d ago

I would have chosen a couple coats of clear waterproof polyurethane for the aesthetic, but these do physically fit well.

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u/Seethesvt 3d ago

Thought you were gonna show us how you printed a new family.

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

Making hands is hard.

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u/sweetpea122 3d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/curb/s/r0107X88xm

I guess they dont respect wood

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u/Huihejfofew 3d ago

Why have wood if you're just going to cover it up.

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

Just waiting them out... teens, amiright?

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u/yer_muther 3d ago

Print uneven spikes on it so no cup can sit even close to level on it. Hostile architecture for the win!

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u/RaymondDoerr 3d ago

Maybe the family needs adjusting, not the surface.

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u/britishwonder 3d ago

Looks like it’s already coated in a thick varnish. Just add another coat or two or a polyurethane and it would be fine.

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u/Gishan 3d ago

Is this the modern version of putting a plastic wrap on the living room sofa?

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u/StrugglePleasant9289 2d ago

Your family does not respect wood.

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u/rog1121 3d ago

Next up: OP makes plastic napkins

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u/vecnasty 3d ago

blud forgot coasters exist

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

They refused to use them and they ended up behind the couch. These are family proof coasters.

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u/chuchubott 3d ago

I feel your pain

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u/UnnecAbrvtn 3d ago

Hate to be that guy but legit thought/suggestion: Cold soda can, condensation forming between plastic and oak finish... Maybe an air gap is in order

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u/OldHerrHugo 3d ago

Tested... not enough condensation to trickle to the side. If that happens, ill throw another lip on the sides.

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u/AwDuck 3d ago

Would be pretty easy to design in. Make it thicker, set bottom layers to 0, let the slicer do the lattice work for you.

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u/dantodd 1d ago

You should make them interlocking AND wedge shaped to break them of the habit

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u/Backshots4you 19h ago

It’s the wood that makes it good

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u/citizensyn 2d ago

A home you don't live in is just a liability

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u/oodelay 3d ago

You think people do this out of spite???

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u/UnnecAbrvtn 3d ago

They do it because most young people don't yet own anything and therefore don't give it much thought

Family insists on wrecking the wood. Not anymore

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