Broken parcel shelf hook - 3d print repair!

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Less than a week into buying our car, I broke the parcel shelf string hook… that was 2 years ago. I’m proud to announce that, with help from @Julia, that is now fixed!

Big thanks also to toasthall for the thingiverse model

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You can see the lower part is slightly droopy, I think I had it going too slow to start with so it didn’t get to cool because the head was over it for too long?

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Anyway, after drilling out the supports from the hole I was able to fit it into the car very easily.

Wanted to take a leaf out of @mbg book on making a feature out of defects, hence the red on black.

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Just to add, the reason I had it running slower to start…

My first attempt at printing this at 100% speed resulted in the nozzle hitting a bit of set plastic that was poking above the layer it was placed on. I think this was because the nozzle wasn’t able to make a very clean “stop” at the end of a path.

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Not a great photo, but you can see that little lump in the middle that is above the layer line

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Hey! great work!

Just a detail, if you are planning to drive in hot countries you might find that PLA would not withstand the heat of a car parked hours under the sun.

PLA starts to degrade at 60 degree
PETG is at 85, that’s a better choice for automotive solutions :slight_smile:

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