Glove Dryer
There are 20 hours between each football practice. I lose 5 lbs during practice solely from sweat. My glove become drenched with sweat. Placing my gloves on the bench also result in my gloves still being wet. I hate that feeling and wanted to solve this problem with the Glove Dryer.
Project Goal
The goal of this project was to leverage Additive Manufacturing to benefit from its design. The project must use complex CAD either generative design or alternative mesh features to create a 3D printable project.
Design
The glove rack is specifically designed to fit my gloves. To get the right fit a plaster mold of my hand were created.
The mold of my hands was created into a mesh using Cura’s software and HP 3D Structured Light Scanner.
Early CAD
3D scanned hand is converted into an implicit body and used to create the overall hand shape.
nTop was a number of different mesh features that provides airflow throughout the hand.
Rapid Prototype
My first prototype was printed on my Ender printer using PLA filament.
The rapid prototype was beneficial as it become clear the glove dryer failed because the thumb was included .
Result
The final design was printed on the F123 Stratasys 3D printer out of ABS for it corrasion resistance.
