Minimalist toothpaste squeezer / paste pusher

prusaprinters

<p>Ultra minimalist toothpaste squeezer design that's plenty strong! Works great for other things like facewash, lotion, etc.</p><p>Measure the width of your tube at the end to make sure you choose the right size (there are 4 to choose from currently), the size in the filename is the width of the opening. Or, don't be picky and just print a larger size than you think you need (70mm would be plenty wide for most toothpaste tubes).</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://media.printables.com/media/prints/202313/rich_content/9fb68fe8-b55f-459f-8639-320609fa7375/capture.jpg#%7B%22uuid%22%3A%227f02931d-6f78-4a61-aafa-7f5b6d81f8d8%22%2C%22w%22%3A906%2C%22h%22%3A230%7D"></figure><p>As you can see, it does a great job at squeezing it nice and flush:</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://media.printables.com/media/prints/202313/rich_content/615b74a3-5984-4abc-870d-0d8bae44ca6e/capture2.jpg#%7B%22uuid%22%3A%22a4784f1e-6fe8-47a1-af70-311a029e3477%22%2C%22w%22%3A1200%2C%22h%22%3A404%7D"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The squeezing mechanism is based on @makeplace's <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49263">Paste Pusher Animals</a> design on Thingiverse.</p><h3>Printing recommendations</h3><p>Keep this print simple - 0.28 layer height worked great for me with 5 walls - it prints very quickly this way by avoiding infill (and adds strength from the walls). Feeling fancy? The top surface looks great with ironing. If you use less walls, a concentric bottom layer looks good too.</p><p>Expect only 10-15 minutes depending on the size and your settings.</p><h3>Need a different size?</h3><p>I currently have 4 sizes prepared. Maybe someday I'll add a ton of sizes in between so that you can get a sleek fit for your needs. But for now please shoot me a message here and I'm happy to resize it to your specs (it only takes a couple of minutes).</p><p>60mm and 62mm both worked well for toothpaste. 80mm worked well for my wife's facewash.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interested in the same mechanism but something more fun? My kids love my <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/200825-totoro-toothpaste-squeezer-paste-pusher">Totoro toothpaste squeezer design</a>:</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:63.78%;"><img src="https://media.printables.com/media/prints/200825/images/1850573_261e4d72-99e4-409a-87ad-9b881f664daf/thumbs/inside/1920x1440/jpg/20220504_235527.webp"></figure>