Printed in ABS with 0.2mm layers height.
W/T : 2.5
The balls are 1/8" (3.175mm) steel balls I salvaged from old bikes when I was a kid, we can source them in bike parts stores. A complete bearing uses 88 balls.
The different pieces are drawn in google sketchup but the boolean operations are made with blender after a conversion to .stl
The "springs" put some pressure on the bearing and compensate an eventual wear.
The spikes in the spring fit inside small holes printed on the bearing.
It's a part of my current project, a self replicable 3D printer/mill/PCB engraver, each axis will be equipped with 4 of these bearings.
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Design update with captive M4 nuts
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2nd Design update : track improvement (larger on the outside) must be printed with 0.2mm layer height and W/T=2 because of the thiner outside wall
| springs.stl | 164.6KB | |
| v2_final.skp | 859.0KB | |
| v2_final_1.stl | 167.1KB | |
| v2_final_2.skp | 961.6KB | |
| v2_final_2.stl | 217.8KB |
