Hey guys i am very new here and have had a 3d printer for about 6 months. I have designed some of my own simple projects with out issue and glued them together after printing. What i am fascinated with is how people are designing things that print all as one piece but have moving parts. I have tried looking for some good resources on this subject but have been unsuccessful. Does anyone have a good source that they can share or and sort of guidelines that would help out?


The first thing that i have been tinkering with is a simple box with a gear in it that will turn. i have left a gap between the top and the bottom but it always seems to fuse the gear to the base and the top. Thanks for the help I have attached my STL gear_box_5_fixed.stl