Keychain Holder
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Hi All,
I will share a simple way to make a customized keychain holder using Tinkercad. Anyone can create 3d models by logging into Tinkercad website for free.
Supplies
- Tinkercad
- 3d Printer
- Acrylic paint
- metallic hooks
House
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- We start with basic shapes,
- Drag and drop the following shapes as shown
- Rectangles
- Triangle
- Adjust the height and width till one is happy with the basic house shape
- Overall height is 8mm
- Search for a heart shape from the right side of the tools and insert it as a hole
- Adjust the position of the heart and combine to make our house shape
Text
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- Insert Text from the Basic Shapes
- Add a rectangle hole to remove "O" from HOME as shown
- Overall height is 8mm
- Bring the house shape, in-line with the text and group the shapes
Base
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- Add rectangle with 10mm height
- Add holes for the hooks (3mm diameter)
- Add holes for the screws as shown
- Group all to make our final shape
STL Files
My Tinkercad project is available on https://www.tinkercad.com/things/5oXQolfZLZB-keychain-holder-3
and STL file at https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/keychain-holder-3
Some of the other key chain holders
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/keychain-holder
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/key-chain-holder-house-v2
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/key-stand-house
My Designs
Printing
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- I used Ender 3 to print this
- Layer height: 0.2mm
- No Supports
- Infill: 20%, Grid
- Time taken 4 hrs
Finishing
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- Clean the edges with a box cutter
- dry brush - paint the keychain holder with gold acrylic paint
- Add the metallic hooks
- Hang it on the wall and we are done
Please let me know if you have any questions