3D Printed Wood Venus Box

Ashley — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:54:30 +0000

A 3D printed venus box with Hatchbox 3D’s Wood Filament. This model is designed by Prot0typ1cal and is available for download on Thingiverse.

3D Printed Venus Box with Wood Filament

Hello everyone, in this post I’m sharing photos of my latest 3D print: a really cool venus box! The model for the venus box is designed by Prot0typ1cal and is available for download on Thingiverse.

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The 3D Model

The venus box prints in 6 separate parts: 4 doors, an outer shell and inner shell.

3D printing the venus box on a Prusa i3 MK2S with Hatchbox 3D’s wood filament

Hatchbox 3D Wood Filament

I printed the venus box in Hatchbox 3D’s Wood Filament. I owned this spool of filament for about a year and half and it sat unused because I was super nervous about print failure. In the end, I was worried about nothing!

It printed really easy. I started with the default PLA profile on Prusa Edition of Slic3r and bumped down the print temperatures by 15 degrees Celsius.

It took about 13 hours to print the parts to the box.

Assembling the Venus Box

The box assembles with no additional hardware. The doors slides together and fits inside of the outer shell. Then everything twists onto the inner shell.

It takes a little tinkering to get everything aligned and screwed on correctly.

UPDATE #1:

It just occurred to me that part of my problem with the initial box was the lid was a little too loose. Currently printing another cover that should have a tighter fit and allow for a more smooth twist control.

UPDATE #2:

Yup, I printed the tighter version of the box cover and it’s a perfect fit!

Staining Hatchbox 3D’s Wood Filament

I printed two boxes and stained one. Prior to staining the box I sanded the parts along the print lines. This helps the stain take better.

Sanding wood filament prior to staining

I used a dark walnut stain and applied it.

The stain took better than I imagined it would. I used an eco-friendly stain, which from past experience doesn’t penetrate wood as well as some of the more traditional stains. I think if I used a normal stain I could get an even better finish.