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Mouse Ears – 3D printable model from Thingiverse Thingiverse

Mouse Ears

by GregorS
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To make sure your model stays on the build plate.
Instead of a "brim", "skirt", or "raft" If your slicer cannot make them for you.
If the bottom surface you get on your model when you print with out a raft is good enough (sometimes I do like what the raft gives me on the bottom of my 3D prints) and you don't want to use the time and filament to print a brim all the way around your thing, use these "Mouse Ears" scaled and positioned as needed to provide better adhesion where it counts.
I scale the height of the ears to 2 layers, and pause the print after the 3rd layer to tape down the ears onto the build plate with appropriate tape (often masking tape as with PLA I do not heat the plate to more than 30°C) then resume printing. the Mouse Ears will hold the corners -or edges- down so the thermal contraction upon cooling does not loosen the print from the plate.
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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