Short and Long Golf Tees

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###Description I designed these golf tees after common plastic tees found in stores. These tees can be printed in PLA or ABS, but <b>ABS is recommended</b> due to it being able to withstand the impacts better and it has the ability to be acetone smoothed afterwards. The photos posted are of the short (par 3) tees. I added named/initials to mine, but those were not included in the uploaded STL files. If you want to add your own name, I have included the FreeCAD (FCStd) files that have the editable text included. The text is also rounded off for a better looking finish, but nothing will be as clean as no text at all. ###Performance The upright tees will look better after printing, but printing the tees without a base horizontally (with supports) will produce a better performing tee. Also, adding a large number of walls (6-8) will produce a better performing tee. After extensive testing, ABS highly out-performed PLA tees. The long ABS tees printed horizontally lasted 10+ drives (on average) and, if they broke, it was normally due to poor layer adhesion mixed in with a bad impact. The short ABS tees printed horizontally did not break at all. The PLA tees broke after only a few shots regardless of printing orientation. <em><b>TLDR:</b></em> If you want a pretty tee that won't be used, go with PLA. If you want a tee that will last a round or two, go with ABS (printed horizontally with supports).