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Sock Clips for Laundry Rack (improved, V4)

vivamus3d avatarvivamus3d

March 30, 2023

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lundiplutzmus  created a brilliant design  to hang sock, face-cloth, handkerchief, etc. on the rod of a dryer rack (aka airer). But even brilliant doesn't mean there are no details that can be improved ;-). So I tried a few:

  1. I rotated the opening of the rod clamp downwards to rather hang the clips onto the rod instead of  just clamping them from the side. (still respecting a configurable max overhang to avoid support).
  2. I added optional cut-outs for the strings of the clothes lines in case you want to mount it on the other rod of the rack.
  3. First and last clip are now half clips only by default. This saves space and multiple clip rows can be mounted directly adjacent (see photo).

    … and just before publishing the model, I realized that there are other remixes that had some nice modifications, so I incorporated those ideas as well …
     
  4. Curvature teeth embedded into clip frame, that are easier and faster to print
  5. Sparse rod clamps to save material - now improved shape and configurable in count and width of fragments.

So this design is heavily based on designs by lundiplutzmus and modifications by Bikecyclist (also here)  - but I  refactored and partly rewrote quite some parts of the SCAD file trying to make it more readable. I also redefined some variables, e.g. clip_distance is now the real distance between clips (which is then filled by teeth and gap between teeth), see attached drawings for explanation of some configurable parameters.

I uploaded only a few examples of STL files that fit my drying racks, but you might need adaptations for different rods - even my dryers have all different rod diameters!  I also made the clips a little wider for better drying than in the rather packed initial version - but everything is configurable - so change it to your liking. For a test print to verify your dimensions,  try clip_count=2 (single peg) - which might even be useful (see picture)

 

Recommended configuration parameters:
rod_diameterdiameter of laundry dryer rod
clip_width, clip_distance, teeth_gapsee drawing for explanation
clip_countuse odd number to get even number of "slots"

 

Optional clothing line cut-outs:
string_distance0 to disable, otherwise measured mid to mid of strings
cut_widthshould be significantly wider than diameter of strings
to allow some tolerance
(e.g. 5 or even 6mm for 4mm strings)
first_cutnormally cuts are distributed equally (first_cut=undef),
but start point can be set explicitly

 

Optional sparse rod clamps:
sparse_rod_ratioratio of actual clamps in relation to full length, e.g. 0.25 for 25%, 
will be distributed equally over all clamp fragments
(only used if sparse_rod_cuts > 0)
sparse_rod_cutsnumber of wide cuts
0   full clamp
1   clamps only on ends (i.e. 1 cut in the middle)
2   clamps on both ends and one in the middle
3   clamps on both ends and two in between,
....  and so on


There are more configuration options and all parameters are described in the SCAD file.

Hint: If you are completely unfamiliar with SCAD design: OpenSCAD (https://openscad.org/) is free software (GPL 2.0). Just install it, load SCAD file, change some values if you like, check preview (F5), render (F6) and export STL file (F7) - done.

 

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial

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