Spoon Rest

This is a tidy little support to rest your spoon (or other cooking utensil) on whilst cooking, avoiding getting it or your kitchen counter messy whilst you do so.

It can support large and small utensils (as pictured, with both large cooking spoons, as well as a table spoon).

Whilst it'll print fine in PLA, this is one of the few things I'd suggest printing in PETG, as not only is it (depending on supplier) classified as a food-safe material, it'll also better tolerate a higher temperature making it more suitable for cleaning.

Also, regarding food-safe, as the ‘head’ of the utensil you rest on it never makes contact with the stand itself, that's even less of a concern.

As well as a stand, it also features a cupped base to catch any drips from the spoon.

The cupped base is approximately 60x100mm, and due to surface tension causing any liquids on your spoon to generally hang on until the lowest point before dripping down, this drip tray will cover some super large spoons and keep your counter clean!

Print settings

• Layer Height: 0.08 (for quality and to minimize gaps where bacteria can live, smaller layer lines creating smoother finish is best, but really you could print this at any layer height you like)
• Walls: 4 (I've suggested for to keep it as water tight as possible, but you could drop as low as 2 if you needed)
• Infill: 25% Gyroid (whilst it doesn't need strength, as there is a big flat top surface, and you want to avoid any holes, you'll want a decent infill percentage to support that top surface)
• Material: PETG (I recommend PETG for this due to the reasons stated above, but any material will work fine)
• Orientation: Print in the orientation it should be used (as pictured), big flat base down.
• Support: None