Customizable Blind Hole Cover Plate

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After a renovation we were left with an ugly hole in the ceiling of our kitchen that needed to be covered. Probably you can also buy a coverplate but it might be difficult to get the dimensions exactly right. So I made my first dive into OpenSCAD and created a customizable one. Besides, it is more fun to make something yourself and the 5.75m of filament it used is likely to cost less than what a factory-made one would cost in shipping alone. I may want to make some more and perhaps this is a useful design for others as well so I decided to share it. The next one should perhaps have a slightly bigger overlap but other than that it fits perfectly and clicked right into the hole. Print Settings Printer: Anet A8 Rafts: No Supports: Doesn't Matter Resolution: 0.1 to 0.2 Infill: 20 Notes: Mine was printed using HighQuality setttings (0.1mm resolution) and a brim which wasn't really necessary. How I Designed This This is an OpenSCAD script. Even if you are not into OpenSCAD (like myself one week ago) you should be able to use this script. The definitions are at the beginning of the file and I provided comments as to what each parameter does so that you can easily change it to match your needs: blindhole=75; //Diameter of the blind hole to cover holedepth=12; //Depth of the hole, equals the length of the stands without the hook thwall=1.5; //Wall thickness for the stands hbottofhook=thwall; //Height of the widening section of the hook overlap=6; //mm overlap over the hole coverh=3; //Height (thickness) of the coverplate