Check out the following video for the trick i used to easily engrave any design on this print-in-place hand fan. ▶
Leave a comment if you would like me to also upload the .BLEND file so you can try making your own hand fan designs. 😉
UPDATE
In response to the extensive popular demand (1 request comment) I have uploaded the .BLEND file.
I am ok with taking any user requests for a desired design, but I cannot offer any kind of ETA as to when they will be delivered. 🙂
4 design variations included:
Tiger & Dragon - big & small fan
Josef Prusa - big fan
Butterflies - small fan
I Love You (in 24 languages) - big fan
For the “I Love You” variation credits should go to @MERoy as I used the “I love you - Bookmark” model. (https://www.printables.com/model/132093-i-love-you-bookmark)
Big Hand Fan: 21cm long
Small Hand Fan: 16cm long
The handle also helps lock the fan when closed.
Have fAn! 😅
Special Features:
3D PRINTING NOTES
All the parts are so close together (0.20mm tolerance at the narrowest locations) that opposing seams between the blades could cause them to stick to each other. In order to avoid this i suggest the following settings (PrusaSlicer):
Keep the orientation of the model as is (do not rotate)
Seam Position: Rear
Seam gap distance: -15% (a negative value helps avoid tears in the perimeter)
Other important settings (PrusaSlicer):
Perimeter Generator: Arachne
Layer Height: 0.20mm
Extrusion Width: 0.45mm
Elephant foot compensation: 0.10mm
The Arachne setting along with the default 0.45mm extrusion width ensures that the design spots on the blades are 2 perimeter wide (as seen in the screenshot). I would not recommend any setting that leads to the blade design spots being printed as a single perimeter.
Updates
2026.07.22
Re-uploaded the .BLEND file with some minor corrections on the small fan.
Uploaded a Blank version (no design) for both the big and small fan.
Folding Hand Fan with Watermark Designs - Print-in-Place - No Assembly - No Supports
by Danos · original on Printables ↗
Seasonal designs / Summer
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hand-fan-i-love-you-big.stl
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