Mosaic Tile Textured Rolling Pin, 3D Printable STL

Model Overview & Print Notes

Summary Make your own version free in your browser, any size or design: meshcast.app/texture-roller 100k+ makers follow us on Instagram for new free designs and casting tips: @meshcast.app Small square mosaic tesserae set in grout, for pottery and clay. Each tile a slightly different size, height and angle. About this design Small square tesserae about 3 by 3 mm, each one a slightly different size, height and angle, set in rows with grout between them, the hand-laid look of a Roman or Byzantine mosaic. Roll it into terracotta or stoneware for planters, trivets and mugs, into polymer clay for mosaic-look earrings, or into air-dry clay for stepping stones and coasters. Made with our free texture roller tool in its Rolling pin style, not modelled by hand: we drew the pattern in code as a seamless picture, uploaded it, and set a sleeve 40 mm across and 100 mm long, the pattern raised 1.5 mm and repeated three times round and twice along. The sleeve file is then 1 mm shorter, 99 mm, so a printed sleeve turns freely between the handles. The zip holds the texture sleeve and the tool's own two rolling-pin handles, as two STL files, plus the pattern picture, so you can remake the sleeve at another diameter or depth. Every sleeve in this set slides onto the same two handles: the core, 202 mm long overall, a handle with a 30 mm tube, and a cap that locks on with a quarter turn. Print the handles once, and after that only sleeves. The first picture is a 3D render of this sleeve on the clay it has pressed. The two photos are our own test print of the rolling-pin system from the texture roller tool, with a hearts sleeve: put together, and as its three parts. Made with Meshcast Meshcast is a free toolkit for makers that runs in your browser: turn any 3D model into a candle, soap, concrete or silicone mold, or make your own cookie cutters, texture rollers, stamps and keychains. Nothing to install, and you can try every tool without an account. Texture Roller Maker: meshcast.app/texture-roller Guide and print facts for this design: meshcast.app/3d-models/mosaic-tile-textured-rolling-pin 400+ ready-made molds and models: meshcast.app/3d-models Meshcast: https://meshcast.app/ Instagram: @meshcast.app How this was made The model is parametric: it is generated by Meshcast's own code, not made by an AI. The pictures are rendered in Blender. We use AI to assist our work (ideas, writing and checking), so this design carries Thingiverse's AI label to be on the safe side. Selling what you make? Free for personal use under CC BY-NC. Selling what you cast or print from this design needs a Meshcast commercial licence (Pro or Founder): meshcast.app/licenses Instructions Print settings Time estimated for a current printer (Bambu, Prusa MK4 class), not sliced: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 3 walls, 20% infill, PLA. Every part prints standing on its end, no supports. What you need About 128 g of PLA or PETG for the sleeve and both handles (about 33 g for a sleeve alone) Something to texture: stoneware, earthenware or porcelain slabs, or air-dry or polymer clay A printer that can print 207 mm tall: the core handle stands 202 mm on the bed A little cornstarch, or a water spray for pottery clay, if it starts to stick Steps Print the sleeve and both handles standing on their ends, as exported, no supports. A 5 mm brim keeps the tall core steady. Slide the sleeve over the core's tube, push the cap on with its slots over the two lugs and turn it a quarter turn to lock. Roll the clay to an even thickness first: 5 to 8 mm for pottery slabs, 2 to 3 mm for jewellery and ornaments. Roll across once, in one direction, with steady, even pressure, and lift off at the end. Going back and forth doubles the pattern. Turn the cap back to swap to another sleeve from the set, and wash the sleeve in warm soapy water after use.