silicone tube cutting guide - 001
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…
results
Seems to work! now to design a more suitable inner holding cylinder.
The ribs were added after noticing how much more rigid a similar component was compared to a non-ribbed version.
the files
tower.stl225.9KB
10mm ring.stl98.9KB