Kawai Tsugite

A geometry derived from Japanese woodworking that has fascinated me since I first saw it.

Finally my own printer, so I created and printed the model in Fusion.

Creating the model took longer than I thought, suffice it to say.

Then I sent everything completely naively to the printer, standard profile, no gaps, PLA Matte, copied parts, which in no way have the same orientation when assembling as they do when printing.

So I did everything "wrong" that could be done…

What happened? They just fit together!

It's very tight and the first few times you have to fiddle and press a bit, but the parts fit together.

Now, a few hundred printing hours later, when I feel like… maybe I should tension the belts, or check the guides for wear or is the nozzle still doing well… I print a new set in a different color.

And as you can see in the photos, they fit their own print AND each other → I don't tension any belts and don't replace any bearings, and if another model doesn't fit the way I imagined it, it's not the printer's fault :)

The model is NOT a remix but created by me for my design library.

Nevertheless, I would like to share a link to a model that attempts to develop it into a system for building structures.

Interesting, not what I do and want to do with it, but worth a look.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:552668