Current project for bike packing, a removable stand.

[jerzone@techhub.social]

Current project for bike packing, a removable stand. Kind of like a short, custom version of "click stand".
The upper part wedges between frame and tire, which helps anchor stand and keeps wheel from turning. Pole is part of fiberglass arrow found years ago. The bottom is still a work in progress, trying to make it grippier. Maybe a smaller ball knurl with softer TPU?
#3dPrinting #BikeTooter

[richspk@tech.lgbt]

@jerzone maybe just add some self-adhesive rubber or anti-slip tape?
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/rubber/backing-type~adhesive/rubber-1~/multipurpose-neoprene-rubber-sheets-and-strips/
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/antislip-tape/

[janeadams@datavis.social]

@jerzone woah cool! I wonder if something like plasti dip on the end would help

[jerzone@techhub.social]

@RichSPK But first … more spikes! 😁
Click stand looks like they just have tiny rubber tip at the end of their pole.

[jerzone@techhub.social]

Found a rounded knurl tutorial that didn't quite make a ball end, but close. It often surprises me after spending hours making a part, a picture in mind of how jagged and huge it is and then after printing, "oh, right, this is dinky!".
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[nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org]

@jerzone Reminds me of this thing I had to make because my kickstand broke:

https://fosstodon.org/@nobodyinperson/112529780001231765

[jerzone@techhub.social]

@nobodyinperson That's great. Was the teardrop bottom PLA or something a bit flexible?

[nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org]

@jerzone Nah, just PLA. I needed a solution fast and TPU prints so slowly and unreliably in my experience, that I just used PLA.

[dank@jorts.horse]

@jerzone this is actually a thing in motorcycle communities - because the weight of a fully loaded bike can cause issues on soft pavement (either a heavy bike or ashfelt made soft by the weather and sun, or both).

the standard advice is to root around in the trash and find a squashed can to put under your kickstand to spread the load

might be funny to model a crumpled can and print it out as a kickstand helper ​