TinyWhoop Gates - PVC Pipe Connector For Any Size of Pipe

Features

• Fully customisable to suit any diameter of PVC pipe and to suit your own printer tolerances.
• Accurately calculates the length you need to cut your PVC pipe to in order to achieve a specific dimension (see OpenSCAD console output).
• Turn the connectors on/off to produce just the connectors you require
• No Supports required - all versions except the 6-way will print without the need for supports.
• Optional holes for routing LED wiring

How to Use

1. Launch the customiser (if it works) or download / open the file in OpenSCAD
2. Measure the internal diameter of your pipe (in millimeters)
3. Add approx 0.4mm to allow for an interference fit and for printer tolerances
4. Change the other settings as you see fit
5. Render a 1-way connector, save as STL, slice and send to printer
6. Adjust pipe_internal_diameter setting and repeat steps 4 - 5 until you are happy with the fit
7. Print all your connectors
8. Check the console output (only available in OpenSCAD) to see what length to cut your PVC pipes to
9. Assemble and go fly!

User Parmeters

• pipe_internal_diameter - Internal diameter of your pipe (measure several and average them)
• backstop_length - Prevents the pipes from interfering with each other, set to at least the wall thickness of the pipe
• connector_length - Distance the 3d printed connector will insert into the pipe
• chamfer_connectors -Cuts a sloped face into the connector to ease assembly
• connect_front - Enables the front connector
• connect_back - Enables the back connector
• connect_left - Enables the left connector
• connect_right - Enables the right connector
• connect_top - Enables the top connector
• connect_bottom - Enables the bottom connector - you will need support for this one
• hollow - Allows for running wires through the connectors
• gate_width_mm - The centre to centre size of the gate - check the console for the calculated pipe length

Updates

• 05-01-2025 - added the ability to customise the hole size - expressed as a decimal fraction of the pipe_internal_diameter parameter