I was asked to help some students at a lokal shool to improove their 3D printing skills. So I printed a Hotend model and packed some of my prined parts. But I was still missing something to show many of the cool features that are possiblie with 3D Printing in one Design.
So I designed this FDM Cube to demonstrate the following possibilities that are not possible with standard procedures like drilling, cutting, ….
I started with some TPU Filament and asked them what they think where it will poke through. First the filament wents straight through the piece. The Second hole will direct it to the bottom. I show them that it is possible to see only through 1 of the bigger holes. They were quite surprised when the 3. hole led to the same side of the cube as the first one :)
Also there is a tiny hole at the bottom which is built like a snail shell and you can put quite a long distance of filament into it until it is full :)
I used 2 Colours of PLA printed with a 0,4 mm Nozzle and 0,15 mm layer height.
You need a good first layer and flow calibration to print the tiny drawer without problems.
As additional parts you may add
As an alternative the project settings are preset in the .3mf file or use the Gcode (MK3s, PLA)