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Repair # 1 & 2: Finial and Curtain Rod Holder

A project log for Home Repairs with a 3D Printer

Since moving into a new home a little over two years ago, we've been fixing and improving things all over

makerblockMakerBlock 02/18/2018 at 02:590 Comments

Date:  ~December 2015

When we first moved into our new home, the curtain rod and hardware for the narrow window near the front door was missing.  My wife tasked me with fixing this.  The result was a wooden dowel (painted black), two simple brackets to hold the rod up, and two very special finials on either end.

For the finials, I took a picture of my daughter's profile in front of a bright background, traced the image in Inkscape, and used the rotate extrude function in OpenSCAD to make it a solid.  If you tilt your head, you may be able to make out her profile.

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