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05-03-2016, 10:39 AM #11. I still have yet had some one straight out tell me that they CAN 3D print or laser cut any thing this small. Hmm..
The problem is at your end - not anyone elses.
were you to say something like: 'I need gears with 6 teeth, 6mm diameter and 2 mm thick with a 1mm hole through the middle.
Then I suspect you'd get a lot more replies :-)
This is an international forum, people here from all over the world :-)
Okay as I'm a nice guy here's a quick openscad script I just done that makes gears.
// CA's mini gears
$fn=100;
nt=8; // number of teeth
tt=1.2; // width of gear teeth
lt=1.5; // length of gear teeth
gd=6; // overall gear diameter
gt=1; // gear thickness
ch=1; // centre hole size
ns=100; // sides in central hole - 6 for hex fitting, 100 for round
difference() {
cylinder(d=gd-lt*1.5,h=gt);
cylinder(d=ch,h=gt,$fn=ns);
} // end diff
difference() {
for(r=[1:nt]) {
rotate([0,0,(360/nt)*r]) translate([0,lt,gt/2]) cube([tt,lt,gt],center=true);
}
cylinder(d=ch,h=gt,$fn=ns);
} // end difference
All numbers are in millimetres.
Changing the numbers at the top changes exactly what it says to the right of the number :-)
Picture of gear with settings currently in script:
Work out what size gear you want. Find out what format the laser cutter people or whoever want it in. generate it, export it and viola - job done.
It might need tweaking, let me know if a particular set of numbers does something weird.
I tend to wing the maths and just fettle till it does what i want it to, by which time I generally have no idea how I got there :-)
And just for a laugh, when my current print is done I'll try and see just how small a gear I can print :-)Last edited by curious aardvark; 05-03-2016 at 10:59 AM.
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