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Reset Pin Key Case 3d model
Reset Pin Key Case 3d model
Reset Pin Key Case 3d model
Reset Pin Key Case 3d model

Reset Pin Key Case

So, you are likely to have literally dozens of devices that have a 'reset' hole in their case, perhaps it's a game controller, or that hole to release a CD from the old CD Rom that you don't even have a way to power it up, release the Sim Card and uSD card drawer on your cell phone. In my case I have about a dozen door sensors, motion sensors, and the like that if they lose contact with the home automation platform, they require punching the button behind that little pin hole. And a "pin" is probably not what you need. If you have held onto the drawer eject key that came with your cell phone, you're a better curator of that than I, congratulations. As for me, a paper clip is often the best option I can find. (Ever noticed how similar to a paper clip those drawer release pins for the cell phone are? Perhaps this can be modified or remixed for that?

In any case we don't have a lot of paperclips lying around the house either, so that's a slightly sketchy solution. But I do find them from time to time. In order to make it more comfortable to hold onto and use, and to make it a bit easier to find, and perhaps hang on a lanyard for when I might need to go around to a bunch of automation devices again, I designed up and printed one of these. If you have handy a pair of Countersunk M3 8mm long screws (4mm should work, but...) that is what the holes for securing the two halves together. I don't have those, so I grabbed a pair of socket head M3 8mm bolts, and that does a good job.

In the images, I show assembling one of these in grey filament along with an assembled black printed one. The black printed one on a key ring with a fob to attach it to a seatbelt buckle key organizer (That's not my design, I say go get that and use it too, it's handy.

I printed this at 100% infill, with a 0.08mm layer height in pla. no support.

For designing this, since I didn't want to design two mirrored parts and have to manage them on the printer, I designed it as one piece with a tab between them. That breaks off and cleans up with a pocket knife or deburring tool.


0 Likes1 DownloadsOctober 17, 2024