Sunday, May 04, 2025

Oval Pill Cutter Shim 3D Print

The pill cutter we have is great for circular pills, but it is tough to use it with highly oval pills. So I took some measurements, and designed a shim for the pill cutter to use with oval pills. A key item is to avoid blocking the cutting blade when it comes down, so the middle of the shim has a slot that is only 1mm thick, but with HyperPLA it seems strong enough.

I did the design with OnShape. It is now my favorite CAD system, thanks to the ease of being able to precisely change dimensions. Sliced in Creality Print and printed on a Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D printer with Creality HyperPLA 1.75mm filament.