Also good for composting and making room in your recycling bin

  • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    arrow-down
    45
    ·
    2 months ago

    You’ve designed a niche solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

    Use a box knife. Or, for a more versatile tool, get a Morakniv Companion.

      • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        2 months ago

        If I don’t design and print something I could buy I might be tempted to do more mods for my printer.

        Things like this give us… balance. Luckily I have a new project… building a Voron so it’s both something new AND printing printer parts.

        • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          2 months ago

          Things like this give us… balance.

          Otherwise known as, “Justification for ownership of printer.”

          Look, I totally didn’t just buy this thing as a hobby to make more parts for itself! See, I actually do occasionally make useful things with it!!!

          That’s what I tell myself, anyway…

          • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            2 months ago

            Exactly… this printer is useful honey.

            I can make parts for the printer, accessories for filament management for the printer.

            Halloween decorations… once I get the printer back online when I have this mod finished.

            Parts for another printer.

            Mounts for the brooms… when more filament comes in since I used the last of it for the parts for the new printer.

            Save 450 on a unique appliance part they’re not making anymore which now justifies the thousands I’ve spent on this thing.

            Seriously though. It is a fun hobby and if you want to just print and make things and not tinker there are plenty of good options out there. Me? I like tinkering. It’s a blast.

    • PrimeErective@startrek.website
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      2 months ago

      Good luck getting consistent cuts while you’re freehanding. The idea is to make the nice flat cat scratching pad, and also being able to make the tool with the tool printer you have at home

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        I mean, you could make a jig to use a box cutter to make consistent width strips very easily with three pieces of scrap wood. But this commenter coming in here for the express purpose of trying to shit on 3D printer hobbyists was a stupid move on his part.

        • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          2 months ago

          Or a ruler. And make the strips the width of the ruler. The only “extra” needed is a cutting surface. This plastic gizmo simply eliminates the need for a work surface, nothing else.

    • kellenoffdagrid❓️@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      2 months ago

      I mean that’s kinda the whole deal with 3d printing, it’s useful for really niche applications where you can just add a small amount of convenience to your life.

      Someone else commented about this being good for school kids so they can safely make cat scratchers to donate to animal shelters, and as a cat owner with a constant pile of recycling I can see this being actually useful if I wanna avoid spending $20-$40 on one of those fancier cardboard cat scratchers from Target or whatever.

      • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        2 months ago

        I mean that’s kinda the whole deal with 3d printing, it’s useful for really niche applications where you can just add a small amount of convenience to your life.

        Is it? All I ever request to be printed is the proprietary part that prematurely broke as it was designed to do.

        Someone else commented about this being good for school kids

        Instead of teaching them to use scissors? We’re raising a generation that can’t think or do for themselves. They’re reliant upon consumption.

        as a cat owner with a constant pile of recycling I can see this being actually useful

        As an adult you think it’s more useful than a box knife? It’s not even going to be faster than a box knife with straight edge. And, why do you need a product to pet your cat?

        • angrystego@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          2 months ago

          Cutting carboard with scissors? It can be done, but it’s a chore amd the results are poor. I wouldn’t wish it on school children.

          • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            2 months ago

            Cutting carboard with scissors? It can be done, but it’s a chore amd the results are poor. I wouldn’t wish it on school children.

            Your tools probably suck.

            Any knife and straight edge is faster and easier. Any warehouse worker knows this. Any compost bin is better than cat scratchers. Any environmentalist knows this.

            For scissors I recommend Fiskars titanium nitride. Just yesterday they gave me a nice curve in 1/16th aluminum. Cardboard cuts like a hot knife through butter. And, I bet they cost less than the materials used in the tool in the OP.

            Box knife reco: any metal housing without an auto-retract safety feature but with a retractable blade

            Knife reco: Morakniv Companion: cheap, sharp, extremely versatile.

            Aviation snips reco: Klein J1102S will take 12" cheater bars and be fine

            Fence: use a metal level instead of a metal ruler to prevent mistakes

            Learn how to make a jig for speed and accuracy in any repetive cutting task.

            • angrystego@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              2 months ago

              Well, I don’t think we’re on the same page. I’m not really into OP’s design, but I also don’t think that school children use Fiskars scissors. Don’t know what’s wrong with cat scratchers. Cats love them, and if you use an environmentally friendly glue you can still compost them later. I do have good tools at home, but I trully appreciate your recomendations - that’s rather wholesome of you, thanks.

              • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                8
                ·
                2 months ago

                For adults: box knife with a jig consisting of a fence and stop block

                For children: auto-retract safety knife and add a second fence to keep the blade enclosed

                A child learns nothing but dependance on stupid gadgets from the device in the OP.

        • Today@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 months ago

          I work with kids with significant disabilities who we keep in public school until they’re age 22. They do unskilled jobs and volunteer ‘work’ and safety is a big concern. If there are five students and one teacher at a table, a plastic device that automatically measures and has a hidden blade is going to be much better for them than scissors or box knives. Yes, we do need to teach children to safely use everyday items and for most kids that’s fine, but there are some for whom ‘just do it my way’ doesn’t work. Your life experience may not be the same as that of other people. Teach generally, but make space for the individual.

          • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            3
            ·
            2 months ago

            That’s great. Use this thing. It’s what I’d give my developmentally disabled 55 year old uncle as well.

            But, it’s definitely not what I’d teach my child or the vast majority of other children. A typical child only needs a couple of safety accommodations relative an adult: an auto-reteact safety knife and a double fence.

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      Hard disagree.

      1. Waste packaging is a common problem.
      2. Lots of folks have cats
      3. You can already buy a commercially made strip and strap cutter. This is just fixed size version that uses a more common blade.

      Honestly, my bigger gripe with the video is the little dots of hot glue. That feels like wouldn’t hold up (I’ve had cats disassemble store bought scratchers). I’d brush on flour paste or thinned down school glue for non-toxic full coverage. You could even mix in cat nip to encourage use.

      • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        13
        ·
        2 months ago

        My objection is that it’s needless consumption that sucks relative alternatives such as learning to use a box knife and starting a compost bin.

    • mars296@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      2 months ago

      It’s essentially just a jig to use regular utility blades to quickly cut strips of equal width.

      • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        12
        ·
        2 months ago

        And, it sucks relative a box knife, straight edge, and stop block. The only decent use case I’ve seen presented is for the small minority of developmentally disabled individuals that require extreme safety measures.

    • Steve@startrek.website
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 months ago

      I hope you only drink room temperature tap water. Any flavor makes you a hypocrite.

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      This looks a lot like trolling. The community here certainly doesn’t seem to care for it.

      • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        2 months ago

        I don’t like what you’ve said so you’re a troll. We don’t serve your kind around here.

        SMRT.