Remix of Solstie - Playable Ukulele From scratch freecad modeled based on Solstie - Playable Ukulele original measurements and body shape.
The freecad files are not exactly user-friendly using 50+ technical parameters and still require some things to be moved by hand (tonebars). I use freecad like blender and booleans as seldgehammer approach. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My problems with the original design were:
- visible vertices after print
- does not fit printer
- print direction not optimal
- By printing with the original roundness i found out that the sound is too muffled when the backside of the ukulele is touching the player. My problems with this design:
- stupid mini support for neck required
- head (nearly) too thick for tuning pegs
- tuning pegs turn direction makes no sense
- default export to stl produces barely visible vertices on the side of the body
- head leaves only little space for hand
So by sheer number, it's worse than before. Print
- Printed with PLA
- With the predefined parameters the body is pretty thin and not very round. The tuning might be too unstable. Body
- printable on prusa i3 (25x21x21), cut off ~0,01mm in slic3r
- prints angled without supports
- underside of ukulele has too much overhang, prints fine, does not look too nice Neck
- printable on prusa i3 (25x21) lying down
- iirc 4 outer layers for stability, see original
- needs to be cut slightly in slic3r to clean up
- sadly we need some supports for the part that connects to the body
- the head is too thick and typical tuning pegs barely can barely be screwed
- The way i designed it and put the string on, every other peg uses a different direction for tuning. This makes things exciting and unique :D | 
