3D Printed Ziptie Gear Labels

[davehicks]

This simple design is a solution to a problem I often face. Scuba gear needs to be serviced at regular intervals and I need to keep track. I use an Excel spreadsheet for much of this, but some of the gear is very generic and not easily distinguished from other similar items. For example, Tank Valves and 1st Stage regulators. So, I wanted to come up with an easy way to label the gear directly. I use a standard thermal label printer all the time and that works for some items. But often there is no space or flat surface that you can stick a label to. I also wanted it to be very small and not likely to snag or get ripped off the gear. I recently serviced 6 of my tank valves and 4 1st stages and this provided the opportunity to solve the problem.

I decided that a label that could be attached flush with a zip tie was a perfect solution. The labels are holding up well after a number of dives, but time will tell if this is robust enough. I'll iterate on the design if it needs to be tougher.

For my uses I printed the Date and my Initials. For example, “Q2 2025” & “DLH”. I kept the text area small with space for two lines. I also created a longer version with enough room for a full name and phone number.

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Boost MeIf you find this design useful, please send a Boost to help support my 3D printing hobby. Thank you! A simple Label that can be affixed flush to an item with a Ziptie. Two styles are included, 15mm text area and 25mm text area. This simple design is a solution to a problem I often faced...

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[T.K.]

Cool idea!

 

[atestani]

You need a dual extruder printer for this, right?

 

[davehicks]

You need a dual extruder printer for this, right?

No. Lots of printers have multi material switching that let you print multiple colors. I have a Bambu P1S with an AMS feeder that lets you combine 4 rolls of filament in a print. I used it in this design for multi color text printing, but you can do much more elaborate things.

 

[atestani]

No. Lots of printers have multi material switching that let you print multiple colors. I have a Bambu P1S with an AMS feeder that lets you combine 4 rolls of filament in a print. I used it in this design for multi color text printing, but you can do much more elaborate things.

Understood, thanks

 

[davehicks]

Understood, thanks

You don't even need the switcher AMS thing for a print this simple. The second color is the top most layer so you could just pause and manually change the filament for the last layer. I would do that with my starter printer a few years ago.

 

[happy-diver]

Don't expect me to understand any of it but I still like it