Make a cutlery holder to 3D print.
1 to 4 cups, joined or in a tray, raised icons or words.
The Cutlery Holders generator makes a row of tall cups for forks, knives and spoons, kitchen tools or brushes. The cups are joined into one piece, or stand loose in a tray so each one lifts out to be washed. They are round or square, smooth, ribbed or beaded, each with a drain hole, and the front of each cup carries a raised fork, knife or spoon, or a word.
Examples
How to make a cutlery holder
Set the cups
How many, round or square, how wide and how tall: about 120 mm for forks and spoons, 160 mm for cooking tools.
Join them or tray them
Joined cups share a wall and print as one piece; loose cups stand in a tray with a pocket for each.
Pick the outside
Smooth, ribs or beads, 4 to 12 mm apart.
Mark the cups
A raised fork, knife and spoon, or words separated by commas, one per cup, in one of 11 fonts.
Export and print
The cups print standing; the raised marks have 45 degree lower edges, so no supports.
What you can change
- Size
- Cups 45 to 100 mm wide, 70 to 200 mm tall; wall 1.5 to 4 mm, bottom 1.2 to 4 mm.
- Outside
- Plain, ribs or beads.
- Marks
- Icons or words 8 to 80 mm; too big for the cup, they are set smaller with a note.
- Tray
- Loose cups drop into pockets with 0.6 mm to spare a side.
Good to know
PLA softens in a hot dishwasher: rinse the cups by hand, or lift loose cups out of the tray to wash them.
The 3MF keeps each colour as its own object, so a printer with automatic filament changes (such as a Bambu Lab AMS) prints it in one go. With one colour, print every object in the same filament.
Questions
Can the cups come out to be washed?
Yes: choose loose cups in a tray, and each one lifts out.
How tall should it be?
About 120 mm for table cutlery, 160 mm for cooking tools; anything from 70 to 200 mm.
Does it need supports?
No. The cups print standing, ribs and raised icons included.
Can I write my own words?
Yes, one per cup, separated by commas.
What file do I get?
A 3MF, which keeps each colour as its own object for a multi-colour printer, or an STL. Every file is checked before it downloads: closed (watertight) geometry, a single shell and walls thick enough to print.
Is it free?
The free plan gives 3 designs a month on each generator. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence.
Licence
On the Free and Maker plans you may print your designs for yourself and as gifts, not for sale. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence and a licence certificate for each design. Pieces made during the free beta, before paid plans launched, may still be sold on the terms of that time. The exported files themselves can never be resold or redistributed, on any plan.
This is a summary. Read Can I sell rings I 3D print with Morcano? and the Terms, which are the authoritative text.
