Knife Holders

 Tonight finds me working on Knife Holders by xxdavexx, found at: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1839405 . I will probably try to somehow incorporate this with a Gridfinity base plate, just to lock it in place in the kitchen drawer.

Here is the prototype:

Now, to add the base plate: OOOps!!!

Here is where things got INTERESTING. I was trying to merge the prototype with a Gridfinity baseplate, and running into a problem with the prototype staying on the build plate, I could not get it to stay in place when trying to lift it into the other part, which meant that the bottom of the prototype (pt) was in the wrong place:

As you can plainly see, the pt was blocking the grooves for the base, making this an epic fail, were I to go and print it. So, after going through hours of iteration trying to align the parts in CAD and getting frustrated with what a PITA it was just to do a *simple* thing to a model, I just decided to say *FSCK* It. I went back to Google *yet again*, and found this video: at 3D-Revolution - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgLbLQNupfo - TYVM, Friend from across the pond! 

Ok, so now onto the good stuff - Here is where I fix my sh*t. I used the *merge* tool on Prusa-Slicer (PS) to "Git 'Er Dun", and ended up with this:

Then did the next step:

and moved that chosen part upward (on Z-Axis) to end up with this:

and clicked File->Save! Now super happy with the result, which is this:

Now I'm thinkin' I'm "Almost" Done! Only problem now is *strength of materials, or SOM* at the joint where the pt meets the base, as this model can really only be printed sensibly as is, in it's "Natural" position. Here is the "Natural" orientation of the pt print, which IMHO, is the *strongest* way to print the plastic:

That means that the strength of the joint will be weak at the junction where you see the red circle, if I printed vertically, which is the way it appears in the next pic:

The other problem is that the area marked with the yellow circle is not supported, so I have to fix that as well, but that will be my topic for tomorrow, at this point.