How hard woud it be to modify an existing design on the thingyverse(?)?
anybody here familiar with 3D printers from ALDI/office works?
Jan 28, 2019
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That depends on your understanding of gears - and your ability to accurately measure the gear you have.
Xeno
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So you are suggesting using a micrometer rather than vernier calipers?
No, I'm suggesting that you need more dimensions than *diameter* and calipers (or micrometers) will be of little use there. Also, you need to identify the gear form and it will likely be helical cut if heavily loaded. There's a lot more to gears than you think.
Anyway, the point is moot since the Aldi 3D printer will not print sufficiently robust gears because, for a start, the base material is wrong for the task and it goes downhill from there.
Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
**I wandered into my local public library about a year ago and was surprised to see a rather expensive 3D printer available for (free) use. Perhaps that might be a better option.
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If it's been overloaded it's not warranty.
It's not under warranty anyway. The requirement to ensure the reasonable availability of spare parts has nothing to do with warranty.
Sylvia.
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