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Repair # 11, 12, and 13: Fan, Light, and Shower Pulls

A project log for Home Repairs with a 3D Printer

Since moving into a new home a little over two years ago, we've been fixing and improving things all over

makerblockMakerBlock 02/18/2018 at 05:170 Comments

Date: 7/23/2017

We had been living in the house for about 18 months when I had finally had enough.  

Someone (who shall remain nameless) had snapped the shower pull in our bathroom.  (The shower head has this water saving device that shuts off water flow once the water is warm enough).  Since I needed to create a new shower pull, I also turned my eyes to the pulls in my daughter's room.  The fan has two cords - one to operate the fan speed and the other to toggle the light.  However, since both cord pulls had been yanked off long ago and were now just dangling cords, they would sometimes get tangled up, and we would end up pulling the wrong cord.

I designed a new plastic pull for the shower that is just a ring, a pull for the light that has a light bulb shape cut out of it, and a pull for the fan that has a fan shape cut out of it.  For a little extra flare, I printed all of them in glow in the dark plastic.

Since this contest entry is really a collection of entries, I've uploaded the STL and OpenSCAD files to Thingiverse here.

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