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| − | This is a little record of my work to make and print a gearbox using FreeCad. Not everything here may be right, I am a beginner, but in some ways that is a plus, as I approach this with the ignorance of a beginner, and will answer some beginner questions that others may consider obvious. [[FreeCad Issues/Solutions]] | + | This is a little record of my work to make and print a gearbox using FreeCad |
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| − | This is an article started by Russ Hensel, see "http://www.opencircuits.com/index.php?title=Russ_hensel#About My Articles" '''About My Articles''' for a bit of info.
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| − | === WorkBenches ===
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| − | *Most part basic seem to be easily made in the Part workbench.
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| − | *I installed the gear workbench to make the gears.
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| − | *I am planning to do parts step by step each in its own file and then combine into more and more complete parts.
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| − | === Generic Parts ===
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| − | I first I made what I called generic parts. The plan is to make a part, copy it later to another document and customize it. Then the custom parts are put together to make a printable part.
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| − | My generic parts are:
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| − | * Generic Shaft: just a cylinder, I am not planning on printing my shafts, but rather using brass shafts, so this part will be used as a "drill" through other parts.
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| − | * Generic Washer: two cylinders, one used as a drill through the other. Dimensioned to look like a washer.
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| − | * Generic Spacer: two cylinders, one used as a drill through the other. Dimensioned to look like a washer.
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| − | * Generic Gear: just a gear from the Gear workbench.
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| − | === Individual Parts ===
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| − | Next I made individual parts, one document ( file ) for each part, these are copied out of the generic parts then tweaked:
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| − | * Lower plate
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| − | * Lower washer ( will use metal, will not print )
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| − | * Lower spacer
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| − | * Lower gear
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| − | * Upper gear
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| − | * Upper spacer
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| − | * Upper plate
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| − | * Gear shaft
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| − | === Printable Parts ===
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| − | Some all of the parts above are printable but it makes sense to combine a few:
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| − | * Gear plus: Lower gear, Upper gear, Upper spacer, shaft as hole through all.
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| − | === For Cura ===
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| − | Downloaded and installed Cura.
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| − | Now it looks like I need to export a file from my freecad format file, which to pick?
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| − | Look at *'''[https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Manual:Preparing_models_for_3D_printing Manual:Preparing models for 3D printing - FreeCAD Documentation ]'''
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| − | [[Category:Python]] [[Category:FreeCad]] [[Category: CAD]] [[Category:CAD/3DPrint]] | |
