Gazelle Pen Holder

While trying to figure out a way to give a gift to one of my Financial Peace University classes, I had the idea to have a gazelle with some of Dave's sayings on it.  After seeing a low poly gazelle at Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3865982/files), I figured I could easily make that into a pen holder.

This is designed so that the gazelle/stand can be printed with a color change (if desired) and the text plates also can be printed with a color change.  Two different text plates are included, plus a blank one so that you can custom emboss whatever text/design you want on it.

Printing instructions:

• Scaling:
  • I have been printing everything at 67.3%, which brings it to about 4" in total height.  You can certainly scale it smaller if needed, but note that the pen hole may get too small.
  • The GCode files included are scaled already
  • The STL files are original size, which is just under 6" in total height
• Layer height: 0.20mm
• Infill: 15% is perfectly sufficient (I printed the Pen Rest Cap at 100%)
• Supports:
  • Gazelle Stand:  Everywhere
    • NOTE:  Prusa Slicer was trying to put supports on the base where the text plates fit in, so I used a support blocker on the base itself as the “hole” for the text plate should not need supports.
    • NOTE:  I used organic tree supports, which worked fairly well.  Cleanup will certainly be required, but with a small file and some patience this is no big deal.  Just be careful with the delicate parts (antlers / ears).
  • Text plates:  None
  • Pen Rest Cap: None
    • NOTE: Print this upside down, with the pointy part up
    • NOTE: I had no adhesion issues with this, but you can use a brim if needed
• Top Fill (optional):
  • Shown in the pictures is the default Monotonic, but I think Octagram Spiral would look really neat (or possibly Concentric).  Just note that the pen rest cap is not exactly centered in the base (the hole location was chosen via a highly scientific process so that it was a little further back at a thicker point in the gazelle's body), hence the design may look a little off center to those with OCD's.

Assembly:

• Just super glue in the text plates and the pen rest cap