Christmas Light Helper/Hanger - Pole Hook

prusaprinters

<p>This is a simple hook to assist hanging outdoor Christmas lights. It attaches to a common painters extension pole. No simple hook would do - this one helps set the festive mood!</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Per the great internet oracle, apparently there are two common thread sizes used for painter's poles and threaded broomsticks. In my neck of the world (Wyoming, USA), I have the 5 threads-per-inch variety. I included the 4 threads-per-inch model for completeness, but it is untested.</p> <p>I <em>believe</em> the STL's are MMU-friendly. I do not have an MMU myself, but I do practice the poor-man's version of manually changing colors occasionally. They should import as multi-colors nicely.</p> <p>For those who will be printing each color separately, I have also included the *.3mf files segregated into different colors for convenience. If I understand the file format, these will also include the requisite supports already configured.</p> <p>If you are loading the *.stl's individually, the following parts will need to have supports added. To minimize cleanup, I recommend adding a support enforcer only around the necessary areas:<br/> 1) tree - Lay it down on its back, and add a support for the tabbed area.<br/> 2) ribbon_single - Lay it down on the back of the bow area, so that the long flat is elevated. Add supports under the flat so that the exposed surface stays clean.<br/> 3) ribbon_double - Keep this upright. Add supports under the flat so that the exposed surface stays clean.</p> <p>If printing separately, total parts to print are:<br/> 1x - socket (pick your appropriate tpi)<br/> 1x - pin</p> <p>1x - tree<br/> 1x - star<br/> 9x - ornaments (print these @ 97% in X &amp; Y for easy assembly)</p> <ul> <li>2x large ornaments</li> <li>4x med ornaments</li> <li>3x small ornaments (97% was a little tight, you may want to try 96% here)</li> </ul> <p>(color is your choice, I'm calling it out here to match the filenames)<br/> 1x - blue front_box<br/> 1x - blue back box<br/> 2x - double ribbon</p> <p>1x - white front box<br/> 1x - white back box<br/> 2x - single ribbon</p> <p>Assembly is straight forward:<br/> 1) Ornaments &amp; the star are glued into/onto the tree as appropriate<br/> 2) Slot the tree over the socket and pin them together.<br/> -- Make sure the supports between the tree tabs are fully removed. It is a tight fit for structural rigidity and stray supports could break off the tabs if forced.<br/> -- Don't glue together yet. Wait for the next step to ensure proper spacing.<br/> 3) The front/back boxes sit next to each other on a side and slot onto the pin to hide the pin joint. Ensure a good fit before committing with glue.<br/> -- Once I had a good dry-run fit, I found it worked well to glue the pin into the front-box pair first. Assemble. Then glue on the back pair. That seemed to ensure that the pin was properly placed.</p> <p>Colors shown are (all PLA):<br/> AIO Robotics Red<br/> AIO Robotics Sapphire Blue<br/> Hatchbox White<br/> AIO Robotics Green<br/> Mika3D Silk Gold</p>