Vase mode gear tool holder

An 8 tooth involute gear shaped tool holder/caddy for printing in vase/spiralize mode.

This might look like just a really thick solid spur gear, but on closer examination of the top you'll see it has lots of thin slots that result in a continuous outer wall that snakes in and out of the model. When printed in vase mode, the outside of the walls adjacent to each other along the slots fuse together (see close up picture) and reveal 13 compartments. 5 larger ones in the hub and 8 smaller tooth compartments.

Dimensions:

• diameter: 150mm
• height: 100mm
• base: 0.6mm thick before the slots start

Compartments

• center: 1x 38mm round
• outer hub: 4x roughly 30mm x 60mm
• teeth: 8x about 20mm around (perfect for plier handles and long thin tools)

Print File Options:

• the regular model is suitable for printing with a 0.4 line width
• the extra included STL "gear-tool-holder-vase-0.8gap.stl" has wider gaps. This should work with a 0.8 line width (disclaimer: I haven't test printed this, only sliced it after discovering a large line width didn't slice well with the original model).

Printing:

• Use vase/spiralize mode with typical settings.
• IMPORTANT: Make sure you have enough bottom layers (3 @ 0.2mm layer height) to make up the base and preview your slicing to check that the wall starts on top of the last base layer. More base layers won't hurt.

My prints:

• Creality CR-6SE
• 0.2mm layers, 0.4mm nozzle
• 3DFuel Autumn Orange @ 220C, 60C bed
• ~80g each
• ~9.5 hours