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Faceted Captive Gemstone Bracelets 3d model

Faceted Captive Gemstone Bracelets

107 downloads · 4 years ago · The faceted “gemstones” in these bracelets are captive, meaning that once printed they rotate freely

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The faceted “gemstones” in these bracelets are captive, meaning that once printed they rotate freely within the band.

See here for video: https://youtu.be/5xajyMzhHXw

This design is particularly suited to printing with multicolour filament as rotating the gemstones allows for visualization of the different filament colours.

Once printed, allow the print to cool. Wiggle each gem back and forth until it breaks from the small internal supports. Twist it a few times until it turns smoothly.

The inner diameter of each bracelet is as follows: 24 Gemstones: 90mm 20 Gemstones: 75mm 16 Gemstones: 60mm

See here for similar “Cabochon Gemstone” design: https://social.thangs.com/m/194737

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Community Makes (1)

Absolute best use for tricolour filament, and beautiful model. I printed one in the medium size, concluded that it was great, but too large for me, and tried scaling it down a little, since it looked like I needed it to be right between sizes. Cut off a fragment of the model with the slicer, leaving four of the gems intact, and printed that for a test. It was tighter than the first version, but it still worked, so I went ahead and printed a second, scaled down version, and am super happy!

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Vociferal1 year ago

Absolute best use for tricolour filament, and beautiful model. I printed one in the medium size, concluded that it was great, but too large for me, and tried scaling it down a little, since it looked like I needed it to be right between sizes. Cut off a fragment of the model with the slicer, leaving four of the gems intact, and printed that for a test. It was tighter than the first version, but it still worked, so I went ahead and printed a second, scaled down version, and am super happy!