Parametric Wrench
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Published on June 28, 2011
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I've been starting to print raftless, but I was having a terrible time adjusting the M3 nuts on my HBP to get it level and flat. My needle nose pliers don't fit in my ToM well and I didn't want to keep taking the X platform off just to make small adjustments. I was about to search Amazon to find a small wrench when I realized I could make my own!
The file is parametric. Fill in the width of your nut (the STL file is set for an M3), the thickness (the wrench will be 20% thicker) and you'll get a nice wrench.
For bonus fun, you can set the size smaller and the wrench comes out pretty cute. If you set the nut diameter to something like 4.2 (which I did by accident) it looks great but is still pretty tiny.
The file is parametric. Fill in the width of your nut (the STL file is set for an M3), the thickness (the wrench will be 20% thicker) and you'll get a nice wrench.
For bonus fun, you can set the size smaller and the wrench comes out pretty cute. If you set the nut diameter to something like 4.2 (which I did by accident) it looks great but is still pretty tiny.
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Beatrice1975
on
October 29, 2012
said:
Very useful. I printed also the m4 wrench scaling your model 1.4x
MarcusWolschon
on
June 29, 2011
said:
OpenSCAD version of the solid version of
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
and same as
http://www.thingiverse.com/thi... ?
My usual suggestion of tapering or rounding so it's not so fiddly to put it around the nut time and time again until it's fastened.
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I needed a M6 wrench as well as a better printed M3.
First time I used openscad :)
It would however be nice if the scad file included some comment suggestion for dimensions for other sizes than M3.
(Yes I that lazy, typing is easier than finding the calibers)
P.S. The not included shapes include file also defines the box function, not just the hexagon.