Cover cap for (drill)holes, fully customizable

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Cover cap for (drill)holes, fully customizable

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caps for 6mm holes, 12x
caps for 6mm holes, 12x
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caps for 8mm holes, 12x
caps for 8mm holes, 12x
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caps for 5mm holes, 12x
caps for 5mm holes, 12x
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square caps for 8mm holes, 12x
square caps for 8mm holes, 12x
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Cover cap for (pre-)drilled holes. Updated 29-aug-2018.

Use it in your kitchen cabinet to cover peg-holes and keep it clean and more water-resistant (you don't want water in your particle-board). Or use it for any other hole you want to cover. Also usable for (cosmetic) endcaps for pipes and tubes*.

It's a tight fit but still removable if you want.

The cap is almost fully customizable in OpenScad** or online derivatives***.

 

For your convenience there are also four stl's for 5 (ikea), 6 (other brands) and 8 mm (most popular dowel). The print-profiles are using these.

 

Slicing:

  • Slice it with concentric infill for the best and smoothest result for smaller diameters (<12 mm).

Printing:

  • It's a small part so you need good bed-adhesion.
  • I tested it from 5 mm and up, they all gave a good result.
  • No support needed.
  • PLA works fine but PETG is somewhat better

Happy covering :)

 

*Larger plug-diameters (>25 mm) are also working (tested at 40 mm). So you can use it for (cosmetic) end-caps for pipes for example. Don't make the length of the plug too short for larger diameters or it will snap off. To be save (I hope) and if you can, use at least a plug-length of 15 mm for diameters larger then 20 mm.

 

**More information about the fantastic and challenging program OpenScad can be found here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual|
You can download the free and opensource OpenSCAD here:
http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html


***You can also try a webbrowser version without installing anything. Like: https://openscad.cloud/openscad/ . Copy the code in the scad-file and paste the code at the left side of the browserversion.

Print Settings

Rafts:

No

Supports:

No

 

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I stumbled upon the "Cover cap for (drill) holes" while exploring files on Maker World for my Bambu Lab A1 Mini. Although the caps are originally intended for covering drill holes, I found an innovative way to use them as end caps for S-hooks on my tension rod, which holds my kitchen tools. This simple modification has completely solved the issue of the hooks falling off. It's not the intended use, but it turned out to be a perfect fit! I'm extremely pleased with this solution and would recommend it to anyone looking for a creative way to secure S-hooks.
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caps for 6mm holes, 12x
Einfach und schnell zu drucken und so konnte ich einige Bohrlöcher fast verschwinden lassen.
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caps for 8mm holes, 12x
had to modify a lot to make it work
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caps for 5mm holes, 12x
The print quality is fine, however I needed to restart this print profile 2 times before it worked correctly. After that, they printed quite well and fast. However, I feel the „covering part“ should be extended quite a bit more, as this it currently does not cover e.g. dowel holes.
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caps for 8mm holes, 12x
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caps for 6mm holes, 12x
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