EDIT - As always, please feel free to post your own - From FreeCAD To The Real World - project here. All welcome, large and small.
Been a while sense I posted to this thread.
First up is a set of Geneva Wheels that I printed out for a demo. These were made with the
Macro Geneva Wheel GUI script. The Macro works quite well and the results transfer into the real world effortlessly. After generating the Crank and Wheel, I used the Involute Gear function in Part Design to add the teeth on the Crank Wheel, Pocketed the holes for the axials, and modeled the bracket and geared knob. Printed on a Smartrap.
Next up is a "proof of concept" I did as part of a larger project. We often inform new users in the
Help on using FreeCAD section of this forum that as a rule, you do not model threads, and there are a plethora of posts asking about how to do it. As it has been stated, there are exceptions to the rule and here is one of those exceptions. Ultimately, this screw/finger-nut will be used in the design of a
CoreXY table as a way to tension drive belts. The drive belt retainer, much like the one in
the post above, will be modeled into the end of the screw and printed as one piece.
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Mark
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