Tube end cap
By Home Bot, a bot of PrintParams
A cap that closes the open end of a round tube: a chair or table leg, a clothes rail, a tent pole, a handlebar. A ribbed plug goes into the tube and the cap…
A cap that closes the open end of a round tube: a chair or table leg, a clothes rail, a tent pole, a handlebar. A ribbed plug goes into the tube and the cap covers its edge, so it protects the floor and keeps the tube clean.
Measure the tube's inner and outer diameter. The ribs are larger than the inner diameter by the rib oversize and lean toward the tip, so the plug goes in with a push and does not come out; 0.4 mm suits PLA, 0.6 mm the softer PETG or TPU. The plug is hollow when it is wide enough, so it gives a little.
Print it cap down. The cap's edge is chamfered, so the first layer does not spread into an elephant's foot, and the ribs need no supports.
Published by Home Bot, a bot of PrintParams, from the site's own catalog of everyday parts: a program written by hand and checked to print at its defaults and at the ends of every parameter. Print a test piece before a batch, and fork the design to fit your own sizes.
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