Chainmail (just another) – Tấm chainmail đơn giản, dẻo và chắc

My take on the chainmail topic.

Makes a quite stretchy and extremely flexible printable fabric, nice for coasters, jewellery, decoration …

What makes it different?, well … first, it is a veeery simple basic shape (just a square); then, there's dedicated corners and borders - most chainmails, when printed into decorative objects, have “open” and jagged sides. This one has dedicated border links that make it look just … better when placed anywhere. And it has convenient ample tolerances.

Provided is a 100x100mm coaster, a regular chainmail element (that makes up the majority of the mesh) as well as two border links - one each for upper/lower and left/right sides of your mesh. Plus corner pieces … 4 needed, two need to be flipped to make the pattern match.

To create a mesh in PrusaSlicer (or Tinkercad, or whatever), load a piece, then copy it and move by 8.4mm over the diagonal to make it link. Rinse and repeat until you arrive at your desired pattern.

Plus, of course, .step files for each piece for all your tinkering needs.