These Thanksgiving drink coasters are different from my usual design style. I designed them as a favour to a friend who requested them. Now that American Thanksgiving is around the corner, I thought I'd release the files as they might make a nice host/ess gift for someone else.

• Set of four Thanksgiving coasters
• Pre-painted and AMS ready
• Print time:
  • X1C P1P P1S: Fits four to a plate and takes ~2 hours at regular speed
  • A1 mini: Fits two to a plate and takes ~1.5 hours t regular speed

Happy Thanksgiving!

Important Printing Information

• Size: 95x2 mm
• Orientation: These coasters are best printed with the design side face down on a textured plate. Both orientations are included in the .3mf file so you can choose the one that fits your needs.
• Flush (Purge) Values: I've optimized the flush values for my own colours; you may need to recalculate depending on your colour choices
• Keep it clean: Please make sure your plate is properly clean so details have the best chance to stay put and not get dragged around
• Slow down first layer: Similarly, I recommend a first layer speed of 15 mm/s. It can add anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes to print time but I find it's a worthwhile trade off as the success rate for a clean print increases.

Print Settings

The .3mf files include my recommended print settings. A lot of these changes from default are due to gap filling purposes to produce a cleaner looking design. If you have a 0.2 mm nozzle, it makes the best and crispest designs but it also takes twice as long to print.

Here they are in detail with an explanation of why I chose them.

• Nozzle size: 0.4 mm
• Plate type: Textured PEI (best results; the texture looks nice and allows the filament to squish to fill gaps)
• Layer height: 0.2 mm
• Wall order: outer/inner (best for intricate first layer patterns)
• Wall generator: Arachne (your mileage may vary; I found it filled in the gaps better)
• First layer flow ratio: 1.1 (I found this gave a better first layer squish and helped fill in gaps)
• Bottom surface pattern: Aligned rectilinear (if the first layer infill had gaps, this pattern helps hide them)
• Sparse Infill: 15% Gyroid
• First layer speed: 15 mm/s (slow to prevent small details from coming loose from the plate)
• Brim: none

Filament

Display models were printed in PLA with the above settings as follows:

• Jade White: Bambu Basic
• Light Brown: eSun
• Orange: Eryone
• Matte Earth Brown: Polyterra

About the model

I did not design the graphics in the coasters. I did pay for the rights to use them and spent quite some time to make them 3d printable and optimized for painting. I also printed many tests to find the best slicer settings to create good, repeatable results. Although I'm not required to give credit to the artist, I think it's only fair that I do so. If you like this style of design, please visit SanqunettiDesigns on Etsy.

Licensing

These models are non-commercial and may not be sold, reproduced, or shared outside of this website.

Trouble? Questions? Comments? Please don't hesitate to get in touch!

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Changelog

January 8, 2024

• Updated description to align with changed MakerWorld TOC

November 12, 2023

• Initial upload