GE Microwave Handle

The handle broke on our over-the-range GE microwave, so I slapped this together in Tinkercad to print a replacement.

It has some issues, such as the mounting pegs are not evenly spaced on the handle ends, due to my assembly in tinkercad being fairly slap-dash.

I printed this upside down (so the pegs were facing up) on my 2020 TronXY X5SA Pro running klipper, and it took about 6 hours.

This is not intended to be a permanent fix for such a failure, but instead just a temporary solution to allow us to keep using the microwave easily until after the holidays.

The ‘fit-test.stl’ fitment test object has the pegs correctly spaced to have a much faster print to determine if fitment is correct. This was made even more hastily than the handle, so it has an excess extension of the connecting bar past one of the pegs that I didn't bother to clean up. This object took me about 20 minutes to print.

I printed both fit-test and the handle itself in Hatchbox PLA at 200C nozzle temp, 70C bed temp (on a whambam PEX-coated build plate) at 10mm/s for the first 3 layers, and 80mm/s for the rest.

I used supports when printing the handle but a well-tuned printer may be able to print it without them, although I'd be concerned about the small amount of bed-contact area to do so.

Feel free to remix / modify as needed. Hopefully this can help someone.