@rsjaffe I am looking to order about 20-30 of these and am going through the websites you listed. A couple questions for you if you have a minute as I am fairly new to ordering 3d printed parts. First, what material did you use? Second, What infill level did you chose? Third, Did you merge all 30 in to a single stl file? I see it’s $11 but that is for one. I selected PETG white with 100% infill. 1 is $11 after shipping but if I do 30, it bumps the price up to $66.
Thanks for your help!
20% infill. Higher levels shouldn’t be necessary for this part: bumping it up to, say 40%, makes it stronger but 20% seems strong enough.
On the craftcloud website, first I uploaded the file, then I increased the quantity to 30, then I looked at the quotes.
Some of the quotes are initially lower but go up dramatically with quantity. And infill affects price significantly for some of them.
On craftcloud, doing that right now I see the cheapest is $17.64 including shipping. The material I used (polycarbonate) is more expensive right now ($22.89). PLA, ABS, and PETG are all showing less than $19 with shipping for 30 parts.
The material I used was whiter than the switch, but since it is flush and sits above the led, it looks like it “belongs”. The contrast seems reasonable. I found the flush switch to be easy to actuate with a fingernail press (and I have short fingernails). Looking at some info on PETG vs ABS, sounds like PETG is the way to go.
Awesome, thank you! I just orderd 60 of them (30 x 1.7 and 30 x 1) for ~$25 after shipping. That should hold me for a long time. The change the qty on the upload page did the trick. I appreciate the info!!
I’ve got the same issue as y’all. I keep hitting the config button at the same time as trying to turn on the light. Have we come to a consensus on the best place to order these 3D printed config buttons? I’m thinking for price and for matching the white color of the switch. I am looking to order 12 flush in white.
Update - my order got rejected. I am not sure if I chose the wrong material but they said the part was too small to print. Back to the drawing board.
Where were you trying to buy it from? I haven’t heard any issues with the shapeways item I posted.
Closing this topic out as @kareem613’s and @P53’s options are what we’re recommending at this time. We do not have any intentions of printing our own nor modifying the design at this time.
Thank you @kareem613 for creating this solution!
Order low-profile config buttons: https://www.shapeways.com/product/KBF6Q4RGX/inovelli-switch-config-button-10-pack
3D Print your own low-profile config buttons: Inovelli Switch Config Button by pFiftyThree - Thingiverse
How to remove the config button: Inovelli How To: Remove Configuration Button - YouTube
Thank you all for your feedback and solution!