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What are the most useful things you've printed?
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My washing machine broke. Wouldn't drain. I took it apart and realized it was going to be a huge pain to fix if I didn't drain it first, but it wouldn't drain on its own. So I designed and printed an adapter that would let me run the pump that drains the washer from my cordless drill. PLA isn't the strongest material, so I went through like 3 of them draining the washer, but it worked fantastically. Very simple to design and a quick print. Big payoff.
Aside from that, wall mounts for my Nintendo Switch and accessories as well as a wall mount for my NAS solution, a shield for the face of my alarm clock so it didn't shine bright digital-clock LED light in my face all night (but I could move it aside and check the time), mounts for SAD lamps in convenient places. Most of what I print is custom-designed stuff for utilitarian purposes.
Wall mount for a Switch, you say?
So, the one I used appears to have been removed from Thingiverse in the meantime, but I'm pretty sure it was V1 of this (which has been remixed a couple of times by someone else and is up to V3). It is a very tight fit, though. (Like maybe the original designer left zero tolerance.) If I had it to do again, I'd go for a different one, but I'd guess probably V2 and V3 have resolved the way-too-tight fit issue.
I made a couple of things myself for mounting my Joycon charger on the wall. (Definitely improvements that could be made to the wall mount one. Conical holes for the screw holes for one. But it does the job.)
Outstanding, thanks for the visual aid 😀