Have you ever seen a bow tie like this? I bet you never have seen something like this before! This is a 3D printed bow tie that you can change and combine the way you want within seconds!

I had a brilliant idea to attach magnets between the parts! I used two colours, green and black. The black one I named Honeycomb and the green one Trapped, you know like jail bars?

Part 1

First I designed in Fusion 360

I started making a square and inserted the Steemit logo. This is the middle part of the bow, the sort of knot. The knot I made a little bit bigger than the sides. A real bow tie also has a bigger middle part. Because I wanted to have a strap I had to make square holes for the straps to go in between. I also made holes for the magnets, but somehow I forgot to add it in this picture below.

For "Trapped" I made first the frame and then made many lines. I extruded every other line. At the end I made the edges a bit softer/rounder using Filet.

For "Honeycomb" I made the pattern. First I made a hexagon and then I chose Pattern at Create and multiply the hexagon. I extruded most hexagon holes with Cut and some I left closed.

End result

Part 2

Printed bow tie

On the left side you see I removed already the support material. On the right side it is still with the support material from the 3D printer.

I found out that the holes were a bit too small, so I had to drill bigger holes.

Time to attach the magnets with superglue. I had to open a door because the smell was very strong.

Glueing magnets can be tricky! You have to mark the sides.

Sewing the strap as invisible as possible!

What do you think of this bow tie? Is it something you have never seen before or have you seen this already? . I think I know the answer! ;-).