CAD projects

A collections of simple projects made with OpenSCAD.

Projects:

• jar-lid fly trap
• aquaponics siphon
• some ShopVac adaptors:
  • extension (male-male adaptor)
  • tube adaptor
• a cyclone to remove dust ahead of a shopvac bac
• an half-open cable chain, a simple modification on the cable chain project on Printables to make it half-open and allow adding it to a plug.

Dependencies

Some of these projects use the following dependencies:

• Round-Anything
• BOSL2

I personally just git clone the relevant project in OpenSCAD's well-known library directory ($HOME/Documents/OpenSCAD/libraries on macOS, $HOME/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries on Linux) and call it a day. I checked out the latest release for Round-Anything for good measure.

Learning OpenSCAD

For all its issues, OpenSCAD is still a powerful tool that is not too hard to use. There are some good resources out there to help you:

• the OpenSCAD cheatsheet can be very handy, and links to the full documentation if need be
• the CadHub blog offers a very good introduction
• Mastering OpenSCAD is an incredibly thourough resource for learning to use OpenSCAD the right way through a set of projects of increasing complexity

Some ready-to-print projects

Some great entries on Printables:

• ShopVac
• Umikot - a planetary gear spirograph for espresso
• Cable chain