Is there a way to use a nut and bolt embed? Or even just adding a cavity in the shaft to put a metal rod inside.
Is there a way to use a nut and bolt embed? Or even just adding a cavity in the shaft to put a metal rod inside.
My next plan is to use a screw-in design with the BoltFactory extension in Blender. I was hoping to 3D print the whole thing. 🤔 extensions.blender.org/add-ons/bolt...
You have the layers working against you here, since especially with a thin shaft, it’ll always be weakest on planes parallel to the print bed. If you can print a square or hexagonal shaft laying down and then insert that, it’ll likely be a lot stronger since the layers are going lengthwise.
Yea. I wanted a ball bearing to fit in the middle, but I'm removing it to make the shaft thicker with the screw-in design.
Hope it works out! Bumping up the infill on the shaft and maybe switching to gyroid could help too. Good luck!
Thanks! đź’–