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How stable is a metallic print (feddit.de)
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The bottom hinge of my shower cabinet door is broken. Can’t buy a replacement because it’s too old. I think about design it and print in metal. Or to sawing and filling it out of a metallic block.

I‘m not sure how stable a metallic print is. The glass door is quite heavy either around 15 kilos. Do you guys have recommendations?

And do you know a metallic print service in Germany or Europe? I own just a plastic printer

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Do you have any pictures of the broken part?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

proper hinge

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Get a metal bar, bend it like the sketch I did and drill the corresponding holes. You could 3d print a rectangular spacer to stop the pin holding part from compressing in use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hi guys, thx for all your help. My project is finally successful. Shower hinge repaired - entire shower cabinet usable now. Let’s give you a short feedback:

  • I‘ve chosen PCBway as it was the cheapest with 90€ for stainless steel, laser sintering.
  • Other both providers were around 300€ up to 1000€ ( this one in chrome though)
  • The production & delivery time was quite long with 2-3 weeks from China. But I‘m not in a hurry.
  • I did two plastic prototypes first and discovered always a few new details I didn’t recognize first.
  • The metallic print is stainless steel (hope better than Tesla quality) and it‘s fully printed - not the walls only.

At all it costs 130€ for the print, oil, silicone sealant and some other things. Saved me approx 2-4000€ for a new shower cabinet as spare parts were out of production. A picture in comment below.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

broken hinge

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TIL: One can upload pics in my Memmy app.

One pic is the broken part of the hinge. It was broken at the area of the headless screws (used to fix the iron joint pin). There is a hollow box in the metal. I think the combination of headless screws and hollow box is the reason for the damage. Simply to less material.

One picture where you see a proper hinge with all parts. The part at the wall is the broken one.