V6 spice motor with spice shaker in piston form for salt, pepper and chili

a small engine block with two hinged valve covers under which removable spice shakers (in piston look) are inserted into the piston shafts.

These spice flasks have different colored flask rings that indicate their contents. White = salt, brown = pepper and red = chili.

During the meal, the flasks can be temporarily stored on the folded-out valve lids, stowed away again after the meal and the valve lids closed. This keeps the spice protected from dust and moisture until the next barbecue evening.

To fill the flask, the lower part of the flask (flask eye) can be removed by gently pulling downwards and pushed back in after filling.

The two "cooling openings" in the middle are designed so that toothpicks can be stored in them.

Four small screws (D3x7mm) are required for final assembly to secure the valve covers to the engine block.

All parts can be printed without support structure, but have a small "brim" that must be removed after printing in order to assemble the parts.

The model is designed for "dual printing" with an Ultimaker 3.

The four gcode files can be used directly for this purpose

014_001_002 Motor block gear wheel and belt pulley (dual extruder required)

014_002_001 Piston including piston rings (dual extruder required)

014_003_001_Piston eye (closing part for piston)

014_04_02 Valve cover

in the stl files, the support elements for gear, pulley and piston rings are available as separate files.

The engine block is printed with a layer height of 0.2 and the remaining parts with a layer height of 0.15.

If someone wants to print the parts without dual extruder (single color) please contact me.

I can then prepare and upload the corresponding stl files for the engine block and pistons.

All parts can be printed without support structure.

Please only use PLA, which is considered food-safe.