MALLA | key bowl

MALLA | key bowl

Keys. Coins. Sunglasses.
One clean drop zone.

An entry drop zone for your keys and daily essentials,
with a central holder for sunglasses and small items.

Part of my signature MALLA collection of woven 3D printed objects.

DIMENSIONS | Ø209 mm × H 80 mm

3D printing settings

All STL files are already oriented properly.
It can be printed with either a 0.4 or 0.8mm nozzle.

You need to print 2 parts:
• a base
• a bowl

BASE:
It is meant to be printed in vase mode (spiralize or spiral vase).

For 0.8mm nozzle:
- use 0.3 or 0.4mm/layer
- line width of 0.8 to 1mm
- 3 bottom layers

For 0.4mm nozzle:
- use 0.2mm/layer
- line width of 0.6 to 1mm
- 3 bottom layers

Add some fuzzy skin to add some surface texture:
• fuzzy skin point distance: 0.8mm
• fuzzy skin thickness: 0.3mm.

BOWL
• Set the layer height to 0.3mm for a 0.4mm nozzle
(ignore the warning if it says you cannot go over 0.28mm/layer)
• Or to 0.4mm for a 0.8mm nozzle.
(0.2mm would also work but much slower).

The items in the pictures were printed with a 0.8mm nozzle, 2 perimeter lines. But you can also print with a 0.4mm nozzle, in which case you'll get 4 perimeter lines.

On the 3D model, the bottom face of the plates appear full.
That's normal.
To achieve the woven pattern of those faces you have to:
• turn off the top and bottom layers (set to 0)
• pick an infill pattern of your choice (gyroid pattern on the pictures)
• On top of that, for 0.4mm nozzles, push the "infill line width" (sparse infill and internal infill) to 0.6mm to make the weave of the front face nice and strong
• Set the infill to about 35% for a 0.8mm nozzle, and about 30% for a 0.4mm nozzle with 0.6mm infill line width.

Layer height: 0.3 mm
Top layers: 0
Bottom layers: 0
Infill pattern: gyroid 30 to 35%
Infill line width: 0.6 to 0.8mm
Infill-wall overlap: 50%
Build adhesion type: None
Supports: None

For Bambu Lab users, make sure to:
- turn OFF "slow down for overhangs"
- set "wall generator" to "arachne".

Happy printing!