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    silicone tube cutting guide - 001

    barcode labs

    silicone tube cutting guide - 001

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    This article is a follow up of the original failed silicone tube cutting guide.

    Still on the quest to getting straight edges on soft flexible tubing. Time to try printing a guide that goes on the outside of the tubing for the knife blade to rest on. A few minutes of CAD and some 3d printing…

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    results

    Seems to work! now to design a more suitable inner holding cylinder.

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    The ribs were added after noticing how much more rigid a similar component was compared to a non-ribbed version.
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    the files

    tower.stl225.9KB
    10mm ring.stl98.9KB
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