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Threading and 3D printing.
nathan_goings
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I use Onshape as a hobby, and I wanted to show off my latest project.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/04cd6e6cfd322f335909af4b/w/a379a68b89d94ec4a1032a71/e/ed2dcd92c9b1c427d445c707
and https://i.imgur.com/bOp8Pap.jpg
It's a clamp with threading that I'm going to try and 3D print. Currently, my clearances and 3D printer need some calibration.
The threading took ~6 hours and multiple tries before I got to something I liked.
Any feedback is more than welcome!
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/04cd6e6cfd322f335909af4b/w/a379a68b89d94ec4a1032a71/e/ed2dcd92c9b1c427d445c707
and https://i.imgur.com/bOp8Pap.jpg
It's a clamp with threading that I'm going to try and 3D print. Currently, my clearances and 3D printer need some calibration.
The threading took ~6 hours and multiple tries before I got to something I liked.
Any feedback is more than welcome!
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- For threading, check out the ThreadCreator custom feature. It can speed things up a lot and help with the clarity/ease of modification of your design.
- For tuning the clearances, you can make the actual model to the perfect/ideal dimensions, and use the "move face" feature to offset any faces that need to slide past each other as the last step. That way, all of your dimensions/extrudes etc. stay nice and easy to edit, and you don't have to remember whether you added a clearance or not to the dimension. You can print a clearance test like this one to check what offset you need.
- For adding the threads to the rotating part so that they match with the threaded rod, you can use a boolean subtract feature (keep tools on) and a face offset (make sure to offset all faces) to easily add a clearance so that it actually rotates when printed. That way, you don't have to select each face of the thread individually.
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