Flexible Hose or Tube

thingiverse

After searching through Thingiverse for a while, I realized there were no flexible tube models that I could find, so I decided to model one myself. These tubes are printed in 215 mm sections and must be printed out of TPU. One side is smaller than the other, which makes it easy to twist them into one another and make tubes as long as you want. Once twisted all the way, they won't come out and they flex about the same as if it was one continuous piece. Currently I have only uploaded one size (I.D. 15 mm, O.D. 22.3 mm). I plan on making more sizes and designs, perhaps adapters as well. Comment if there is something specific you would like to see. Important: Do not rotate the model around the y-axis. I've added built-in supports to account for the smaller diameter of the one side, and the model will not print right if these are not aligned with the build plate.