Loftsmith for the workshop
You measure. You type the numbers. Loftsmith designs the part, checks that it fits and prints without supports, and gives you the file for your printer.
An adapter from my 2 1/2 inch shop vac hose, which measures 58 mm inside, to the 35 mm outlet on my sander.
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The parts a woodworker prints are the parts nobody sells in your size. Each card is a real request you can send as it is, or change the numbers to yours.
Every port and every hose is a different size, and the label lies. Measure both ends and get a tapered cuff that jams on and pulls off by hand.
Try this requestAn adapter from my shop vac hose, 58 mm inside, to the 35 mm dust port on my random orbit sander, with a friction fit on both endsFree hose adapter generator
A wall rack for your drill batteries, a French cleat holder shaped to one tool, a drill-bit index with your sizes in it, in the order you reach for them.
Try this requestA wall mount for three DeWalt 20V batteries, slid in from the top, screwed to a 3/4 inch plywood wall with two #8 screws eachFree hex bit holder generator
Inserts for the chisel set, the router bits, the Forstner bits. Give it the drawer and the tools' sizes and the pockets come out where your hands want them.
Try this requestA drawer insert for a set of 6 bench chisels, blade widths 6 to 32 mm, handles 125 mm long, in a drawer 320 by 220 by 45 mmFree drawer organizer maker
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A “2½ inch” shop vac hose is not 2.5 inches anywhere you can put a caliper. The nominal name is a family, and inside the family the cuff, the hose and the tool port all differ by a few millimetres. That is why the adapter from the hardware store rattles, and why the one someone uploaded for their vac falls off yours.
Loftsmith works the other way round. It asks for the size you measured on your hose or port, and whether the end slides inside it or over it. The cuff it draws starts a little loose at the tip and tightens toward the root, so the hose jams on by friction and still comes off by hand. The checks tell you the taper grips, the cone prints without supports and the bore keeps the airflow.
Read the guide: Dust collection adapter sizes: the hose and port diameters that actually fit
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Calipers on the hose, the port, the battery, the drawer. Inside or outside, write down which.
One sentence with the numbers in it. Add a photo if the shape is hard to describe. Loftsmith asks when something is missing.
You see the model, the fit checks, the plate preview and the print time for your printer. Download the STL or 3MF, or open it straight in your slicer.
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No account, no upload. They run in your browser, and the Studio is one click away when you want the part changed.
Two measured diameters in, a tapered friction-fit adapter out.
58 × 58 × 92 mm · 31 g
A grid for your ¼ inch bits, tuned to your printer’s fit.
94 × 28 × 15 mm · 17 g
Type your drawer’s size, drag to divide it, download the files.
120 × 88 × 52 mm · 91 g
Twenty minutes of printing that tells you your printer’s real clearances.
71 × 35 × 10 mm · 5 g05
No. You describe the part and give the sizes you measured; Loftsmith writes the CAD, builds the model, runs the fit and print checks and gives you an STL or 3MF. You change a number, it rebuilds.
Any FDM printer; most members print on a Bambu Lab A1 or P1S. PLA is fine for holders and inserts. For dust adapters and anything near a hot motor or in a van, PETG or ASA holds its shape better.
If you measure the hose, yes. Hose and port sizes are sold by nominal names that rarely match the real diameter, so the generator and the Studio ask for the measured size and build a tapered cuff with a small clearance at the tip. If it is loose, raise the taper by 0.2 mm and reprint.
Yes. The generators and the organizer maker are free with no account. The Studio gives new members starter credits, enough to design and refine a first part.
