pla isn't as temperature sensitive as people think.

I made a mesh to cover the gobbler hole on out sink. It gets boiling water dumped over it fairly regularly.
You can see where some of the mesh pieces have deformed slightly.
But nothing to interfere with functionality and there's no danger of any part actually breaking.

ie: it won't suddenly melt at 70c. :-)

The insect catchers worked great. The one with two width walls is as transparent as the ones with 1 wall. But much stronger.

The idea is they are clear enough to see where the insect is so you don't trap it's legs when you close the door.

And i engraved the wooden handles with my laser :-)

Oh and hows this for gauging how much filament was left on the reel:
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All three parts weigh about 34 gms. Looked at reel and thought - yep that's about right, and it was lol

So here's a finished catcher.
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Then you just carry it outside, and turn to open door and release insect :-)

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The handles were made from a piece of scrap pine I cut to about 9mm square on the bandsaw and sanded the smooth on the disc sander.
The connectors are made with 1mm walls of flexible pla.

So if you have to reach up or down - the catcher will stay flat on the surface while it's turned and the critter can't escape.

I'm really pleased with them.