Parametric Pulley – Lots Of Tooth Profiles 3D Printer Model

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Summary

This thing will create a range of metric and imperial tooth profile pulleys, with any number of teeth, specified in the Openscad file.
Tooth profiles currently supported are:
profile == 1 for MXL
profile == 2 for 40 D.P.
profile == 3 for XL
profile == 4 for L
profile == 5 for T2.5
profile == 6 for T5
profile == 7 for T10
profile == 8 for AT5
profile == 9 for HTD 3mm
profile == 10 for HTD 5mm
profile == 11 for HTD 8mm
profile == 12 for GT2 2mm
profile == 13 for GT2 3mm
profile == 14 for GT2 5mm

NOTE: error in script regarding L and H pulleys spotted by OSTycoon (see comments) - the script says H, but actually it is L profile.
There are a range of editable parameters for editing the fit of the tooth (to account for printer variation), the pulley base, captive nut(s) slot for the set screw, motor shaft diameter, pulley height and belt retainers.
The attached stls are reference pulleys, mostly around the size used on repraps.

Details
After creating the parametric pulley http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11256 I realised this way of modelling them was only going to work for square-toothed pulleys, and a way of producing pulleys for belts with better characteristics for linear motion was required. I found dxf drawings of the relevant tooth profiles here http://oem.cadregister.com/asp/PPOW_Entry.asp?company=915217&elementID=07807803/METRIC/URETH/WV0025/F and modelled pulley diameter from data here http://www.sdp-si.com/D265/HTML/D265T016.html
There were a couple of possible approaches to importing the data, I chose to simplify the bezier curve dxf data in Inkscape, producing vertices with a resolution of around 0.05-0.1mm for each tooth. Another advantage is the the pulleys have the tooth ramp for smooth entry and exit of the belt tooth into the pulley. I'm not really sure 3D printers can take full advantage of this yet, but quality is improving all the time!
If other tooth profiles are required, or you model any, please pass them on to me and I will include them.

22 March 2012 - Updated for issue spotted by mfinn - see comments

40DP-19T-OD12.17.stl 409.2KB
AT5-8T-OD11.88.stl 350.6KB
GT2_2mm-20T-OD12.22.stl 484.8KB
GT2_3mm-13T-OD11.65.stl 419.2KB
GT2_5mm-8T-OD11.58.stl 417.7KB
H-10T-OD29.55.stl 363.8KB
HTD_3mm-13T-OD11.65.stl 569.5KB
HTD_5mm-9T-OD13.18.stl 456.5KB
HTD_8mm-12T-OD29.18.stl 585.0KB
MXL-20T-OD12.42.stl 458.4KB
Pulley_T-MXL-XL-HTD-GT2_N-tooth.scad 18.2KB
Pulley_T-MXL-XL-HTD-GT2_Outside_Diameter.xls 786.5KB
T10-10T-OD29.97.stl 380.3KB
T2.5-16T-OD12.20.stl 335.7KB
T5-18T-608-idler.stl 617.4KB
T5-8T-OD11.88.stl 380.1KB
XL-8T-OD12.42.stl 309.6KB