Light-Duty Pliers
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Published on October 5, 2009
This thing was Featured on October 5, 2009
Description
Makerbot-printable pliers for light-duty uses. Designed to be useful for holding small things during inspection, or simply doing things fingers can not.
There is a male arm, a female arm, and a printable nut. The female swivels around the male, and the nut constrains the assembly. The geometry of the threads are based on the connections seen in the toothbrush holder and originally in the screwable jewelry box. ( thingiverse.com/thing:899 , thingiverse.com/thing:413 )
Alternatively, if the design is too optimistic, you can try printing two female arms and use a small screw and nut to hold it together.
All three pieces combined use a total of 1.24 cubic inches of material.
There is a male arm, a female arm, and a printable nut. The female swivels around the male, and the nut constrains the assembly. The geometry of the threads are based on the connections seen in the toothbrush holder and originally in the screwable jewelry box. ( thingiverse.com/thing:899 , thingiverse.com/thing:413 )
Alternatively, if the design is too optimistic, you can try printing two female arms and use a small screw and nut to hold it together.
All three pieces combined use a total of 1.24 cubic inches of material.
Instructions
The part is 98mm long, so be sure the build platform is properly centered.
1. Print.
2. Enjoy.
3. Critique.
1. Print.
2. Enjoy.
3. Critique.
License
Light-Duty Pliers by Starno is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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This is a great model! My only complaint is that the threaded nut is a very optimistic part. I look forward to the day when I can tune my makerbot finely enough to make those work as-is. I had to print a 90%-rescaled version of the nut to make it fit.
Also, my makerbot's build platform is a tiny bit off-center from the build envelope, so the handle got clipped a little. This helped me find a build mistake on my part, so kudos for that too!
It's really hard to resist the urges to print everything at first, but good settings will pay off in the long run. I recommend skeinforge 006 with default makerbot settings as a good place to start. (http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/... ) Also, there are lots of parts on thingiverse tagged with "calibration" to help you tune thing up. Good Luck!