Sutrah (Prayer Barrier) - Woven Lattice Tower with Star Finial

A sutrah is an object placed in front of a person performing salah to mark the edge of their prayer space, so that others know not to walk directly in front of them. This one is a three-dimensional tower: an arched frame filled with an interlaced, woven-style lattice and topped with a star finial, standing in a stepped base. It is the most decorative of my sutrah designs and makes a nice piece for a masjid or a prayer room at home.

Dimensions

• Tower with star: 93 x 32 x 500 mm

• Base: 250 x 120 x 30 mm, with a 93.5 x 32 mm socket about 10 mm deep

• Assembled height: about 520 mm (20.5 in)

Files

• sutrah_star_cut_for_256_bed.3mf: ready-to-print project on four plates: lower tower half, upper tower half, base and star finial. The cuts already include built-in plug connectors, so no separate dowels are needed. Use this if your printer has about 256 mm of Z height.

• sutrah_star_tower_full.stl: the full uncut tower with the star, for tall printers or if you want to make your own cuts.

• sutrah_star_base.stl: the base.

Print settings

• Printer used: Elegoo Centauri Carbon, 0.4 mm nozzle, textured PEI plate

• Material: PETG (Elegoo Rapid PETG), 250 °C nozzle, 70 °C bed. PLA also works for indoor use.

• Layer height: 0.2 mm

• Walls: 2, top and bottom layers: 3

• Infill: 7 % grid

• Orientation: tower halves standing upright as arranged in the 3MF, base flat side down

• Supports: none in my project. If your printer struggles with the lattice crossings, enable supports on the build plate only.

• Brim: none in my project. The halves are tall and narrow, so add a brim if you have any bed adhesion doubts.

Assembly

1. Print the lower half, the upper half, the star finial and the base.

2. Stand the lower half in the socket of the base.

3. Line up the plugs on top of the lower half with the holes in the upper half and press the two halves together.

4. Press the star finial onto the plug at the top of the arch.

5. The joints hold by friction. Add a drop of super glue to each plug if you want it permanent, or leave it unglued so it comes apart for storage and transport.

Notes

• If the plugs are too tight, sand them lightly. If they are loose, a small drop of glue fixes it.

• This base has a wider socket than the base of my flat panel sutrahs, so the bases are not interchangeable.

• The cover image is a render of the assembled model.