Grinder Splash Guard for Glastar All-Star grinder

This is a splash guard for the Glastar All-Star model of grinder for stained glass. When grinding with this machine, water flings off onto our workspace, so we wanted to design and implement an attachable guard. We were previously using a standalone splash screen for this purpose, but it is big and bulky. We couldn't find one that anyone else had done (even commercially) so the only solution was to make it ourselves. It has five pins that align with the grinder base grid and wraps around the upper edge to accommodate accessories. The guard is just high enough also for the top grinder bit. The sides have a fillet to allow for water to return back into the grinder's base.

This model was printed in the orientation you see in the attached images. However, in this orientation, the pins are not concentrically round, due to the supports required to print them. We did try a different orientation, but that required a lot more supports and filament. If this is printed in one full piece and oriented with the pins up, it will require much more support, but the results of the pins are better.

***This was printed on a P2S and split into two pieces with a dovetail joint, as it is too long for the bed size. We have included a print profile for the H2 series printers as well as STL and STEP files for printing on a larger bed. You are also welcome to remix this model if you find it useful. The dovetail joint went through a couple of iterations; the first was too tight to lock together, and the second was too loose. The uploaded 3mf for 'P2S and smaller' should be about right, but again, there is the H2 series and STL files if you want to split it yourself.

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