D&D Inspired Drink Coasters and Holder by JP.Potter

JP.Potter

Household>Decor

Print Profile(1)

All

X1 Carbon

P1S

P1P

X1E

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 10% infill

Designer

4.4 h

3 plates

4.7(14)

Boost

100

115

Released

Description

Designed and printed these by request of a friend. Liked the result and wanted to share. Inspired by online search of similar items.

Drink coasters that will fit 88mm dia. bottomed glasses with a holder for 4 coasters.

May be printed without colour change (text is recessed), but can be easily printed on any printer using filament swapping.

My Print Settings

Layer Height 0.2mm
Arachne wall generator (set line widths to 0 for Slicer to decide)
0.4 nozzle (0.2 may work better, but text lines aren't printed; they're recessed)
Hilbert Curve on top layer (really hides print lines with this texture)
1 wall on top layers (puts 1 wall around text features, nicer than the 3)
3 wall loops (perimeters)
3 top/bottom layers
10% gyroid sparse infill

My materials

iBOSS PLA Plus(PLA+) - Gold
JAYO PLA+ - Black

My Printer: Bambu Lab X1C

I've included STEP and STL files, but recommend STEP for best results. The STLs are in the “other” files as a zip.

NOTE: for the STEP files, after import, it's best to “Split” each object into Parts (keep assembled). That way, the text colour layer can be assigned a different colour without painting. I don't know how to make the files automatically do this, so the Split to Parts is the only way.

For manual painting or pause at layer:

I don't have the exact numbers as I'm away from my PC, but the colour changes is meant to happen 1mm below the bottom of the text. This gives a a good 1mm thick of the colour and the recess is another 1mm above that

I'd love to see any makes and get feedback!

Comment & Rating (40)

@SuperSteve88

Any chance of having one were we can edit the layer for custom text?

The designer has replied

@SuperSteve88

Or any possible guide on how to make these ourselves?

@jp.potter

Replying to @SuperSteve88 :

I have included the STEP file and that will work in most CAD software as a clean import. I used SolidWorks, myself for this design, but the STEP can be brought into Fusion 360, TinkerCAD or something like that. you'd then have to fill in the current text with a solid extrusion and then cut new text that you'd want. the top surface where the text is is 1mm thick, so cutting through that will expose the colour disk layer. do you have something specific in mind?.if it's D&D related, I could try to add it to this collection.

(Edited)

@jp.potter

Replying to @SuperSteve88 :

if you want to start from scratch: 1. extruder a disk 3mm thick by the diameter you want 2 extrude another disc of the same diameter on top 1mm thick, but don't merge with the first. this is the text colour layer 3 extrude a 3rd disc on that, 1mm thick and don't merge. This is the top coaster colour. 4. add a ring about 5mm wide on that for the outside ridge 5. cut the 3rd disc through to the 2nd disc for your text. if you take it step by step in your CAD software, you'll begin to see how easy it is overall. the text is the hardest part to size a d get a good font. best of luck! send me a link to anything you upload!

@Luckyhourprints

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 10% infill

excellent

The designer has replied

@jp.potter

nice colours! thanks for the review and pictures!

@Betsko

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 10% infill

Very cool - 0.20mm standard / P1S , Bambu PLA Red and Orange. picture doesn’t do them justice, the orange is a little hard to read behind the red but it’s what I had - I think gold and black are next !

The designer has replied

@jp.potter

Thanks for the share! I like how you used the text colour for the full back to save a colour change!

@Sol_Prints

Print Profile

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 10% infill

The designer has replied

@jp.potter

thanks for the review! any feedback to improve it?

@Sol_Prints

I had to adjust the thickness and calibrate some things for your file. I don't think it is terrible. Let me think about it to give some better feedback, and I'll edit my comment once I can articulate what exactly you can improve in the default file. There are a couple of things I can think of off the top, but I like to be thorough and thoroughly explain my thoughts.