Levolor 1" Mini Blind Drum

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<p>This is a replacement drum designed for Levelor 1" mini blinds. The drum measures 1 ½" in length, and has a 5/32" rectangular hole for the tilt rod. These imperial measurements are what I could find based on parts sellers, <i>the file itself is designed in metric units</i>.</p><h4>Printing Instructions</h4><ul><li>When importing into your slicer, it may warn you that some parts were designed in inches. This is not correct, I did <strong>not</strong> have the slicer adjust what it thought was in inches.</li><li>I designed the part in the opposite orientation it should be printed in. I flipped the part after importing and enabled supports as shown:</li></ul><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://media.prusaprinters.org/media/prints/93032/rich_content/374c0408-9abe-4f8c-ada2-e671d8ecefd7/proper_orientation.png#%7B%22uuid%22%3A%226c048e0f-236b-4204-a4b5-4ac3615a1f8b%22%2C%22w%22%3A627%2C%22h%22%3A689%7D"></figure><h4>What is a drum?</h4><p>If, like me, you didn't know the name for this part, the drum is the bit that slides on the tilt rod, which the two strings on the front/back of the blinds attach to to tilt the blinds open and closed. A diagram which explains which parts are which <a href="https://blind-slats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Blind-Diagram-Useful-Terms-1.jpg">can be found here</a>.</p>