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Fixed my center console latch today

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Old Dec 6, 2020 | 03:19 PM
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Default Fixed my center console latch today

Found an STL file for the center console latch and printed it yesterday.

I try to print without supports (can be a pain in the *** to remove) and only print with a skirt but nearly the entire bottom was overhang so I printed with raft and tree supports.

I had been wanting to try tree supports for a while and it is part of standard CURA now. The entire supports all peeled away easily with the raft and I had barely any cleanup. The second picture shows the raft with all supports attached but the first picture shows how clean the print came out. (the mirror makes the raft look thicker than it actually is; it is only a couple layers high)

I have tan filament and would have printed it in tan but I already printed it in black before I took the old one apart and realized the old latch was tan. Perfect fit.

Here is the latch on thingyverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2910859/files



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Old Dec 8, 2020 | 12:33 AM
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Finished repair . . . now is when you rip on me for not printing it in tan


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