Soft cap for a hoof stand
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A soft cap for a hoof stand
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This is a simple soft cap for hoof stands with a cylindrical top (39 mm diameter). My friend is a hoof trimmer, and she says that horses find it much more comfortable to have something softer over the bare metal of the regular hoof stand. So they are more still during trimming which makes it easier for both the horse and the trimmer.
Printing
Print this with any relatively soft TPU. Set the slicer to have ~2 mm outside and top walls and set the infill to ~25% gyroid or cubic so it stays somewhat flexible. If all you have is harder TPU, make the walls 1,2 mm and infill 20 %, but they will not be as durable.
You have two options as far as supports are concerned:
You can use the file as prepared, top down, which requires minimal supports but gives a worse surface quality. I'm sure the horses won't mind ;)
Turn it around and use supports on the inside.
If you have a multi-material printer, use PLA for supports and set them to 0 clearance (soluble). This makes a much nicer quality of the supported surface.