Introduction: Cactus Style 3D

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My purpose was to make a wall support for the 'cache pot' by Marie_Design, found on thingiverse.com :

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1403129

It is composed of a piece of oak and an invisible 3D printed bracket.

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Supplies

  • 3D printer and PLA
  • CNC router
  • Piece of wood (26mm thick)
  • 2 wood screws of 15mm length and 3mm diameter
  • 2 dowels + screws of 3mm diameter

Step 1: 3D Fusion 360 Design

I've imported the STL file of the dice cache-pot, scaled it to 200% to fit my cactus, and designed the support arround it.

The bracket has 2 holes for wall fixing, and 2 holes to fix it on the wood.

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Step 2: CNC Routing

My design is made for a 6mm flat bit with 2 teeth. Personnaly I have a Stepcarft D600.

Parameters :

  • Speed = 1200mm/min
  • Rotation = 14200 rpm
  • Depth step = 2mm.

First carve the verso : make the pocket for the bracket and cut the outline of the whole piece.

Second : flip the piece and carve the hollow circle.

I provide here the Gcode files in txt format.

NB : I you see a hole in the middle of the circle, in my photos, it is a mistake during routing process, there's no need ;-)

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Step 3: 3D Printing

3D print the bracket.

Parameters :

  • PLA
  • 50% filling
  • print the piece horizontaly to make it stronger to the vertical constraints.

Step 4: Assemble and Mount

Fix the bracket on the wall.

Slide the wood on it.

Fix the bracket to the wood with underknees screws.

That's all :-)