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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Hinge (Proof of Concept)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Here&#039;s a few shots of the finished hinges.</p><p>This one is the original design.&nbsp; A little stringy as I turned off retraction for some reason.&nbsp; This was printed horizonally and at an angle so the I wouldn&#039;t need the support<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://www.kenzden.com/download/original-design.jpg" alt="http://www.kenzden.com/download/original-design.jpg" /></span></p><p>This is the improved design with the support removed;&nbsp; Printed vertically with modeled supports.&nbsp; You can see the broken flange on the upper end of the far piece.&nbsp; &nbsp;Looks better, but not as strong against lateral forces.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://www.kenzden.com/download/modified-hinge.jpg" alt="http://www.kenzden.com/download/modified-hinge.jpg" /></span></p><p>Here&#039;s the two side by side<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://www.kenzden.com/download/both-hinges.jpg" alt="http://www.kenzden.com/download/both-hinges.jpg" /></span></p><p>All were printed at .3 mm as I didn&#039;t want to risk .1 until I have .3 printing right.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cckens]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-11-30T05:06:19Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Hinge (Proof of Concept)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Yep, that was me... I didn&#039;t think anything of it when I got it as the micro-moves made by the unit didn&#039;t seem to show that shimmy.&nbsp; Seems like it was that issue.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve said, I&#039;ve calibrated this puppy with every tutorial on this site and other rep-rap sites that <em>might</em> have been the issue.&nbsp; I finally figured I&#039;d catch it in the act and show the forum what it looks like.&nbsp; Hope Solidoodle sees it and agrees.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cckens]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-11-29T20:49:45Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Hinge (Proof of Concept)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, are you the one that put up the video of the z motor doing the mambo?&nbsp; That was pretty nasty!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cmetzel]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-11-29T20:44:14Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Hinge (Proof of Concept)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Consider it done... at least of the one part that I have a picture of on my phone..<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://www.kenzden.com/download/HingePart.jpg" alt="http://www.kenzden.com/download/HingePart.jpg" /></span></p><p>Parts look good and the hingepin fits the hole and the whole thing works as it should.</p><p>One snag.&nbsp; Printing like this (from a vertical standpoint) is impractical as the support came off easy enough on most, but the strength is not quite what I want as I snapped part of the flange off removing the base of the support (the stuff at the top of the picture near the coupling part).&nbsp; Central support on the hinge and the stuff in between the couples popped off neat and clean with only a little sanding required to remove the sprues of the support.</p><p>I&#039;m working on redesigning the piece for a horizontal layout.&nbsp; It will require re-working the support so that it&#039;s under the flange but that&#039;s a minor issue now that I&#039;ve got the hang of building support structures.</p><p>You can see the banding that plagues my prints that I&#039;m now sure is being caused by a bent z-screw.&nbsp; It&#039;s rather evident here.&nbsp; All other aspects of my printer seem flawless as there isn&#039;t any x- and y- shifting.&nbsp; Just that dang regular banding.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cckens]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/129/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-11-29T20:41:44Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Nice, do you have pictures of the printed parts you could share</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cmetzel]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/</uri>
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			<updated>2012-11-29T20:07:18Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hinge (Proof of Concept)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve been building a hinge set for a Pokeball for the kidlets (who are poke-crazy right now).&nbsp; I wanted to be able to print almost the whole thing (except for the springs, which I&#039;m cannibalizing broken click pens for).&nbsp; To make sure that it worked, I needed a proof of concept that I could design the hinge back for the hemispheres.&nbsp; Doing so took considerable time as I wanted to be able to do this with minimal post process tinkering.</p><p>I&#039;m proud to say that I&#039;ve accomplished this.&nbsp; I printed the pieces last week and was satisfied with the results.&nbsp; The hinge moved with minimal effort, but I had to really cut down on the stringing that I was seeing.&nbsp; I set the pieces up to print along the bed and that made the thing look kind of kludgy and would have require considerable finishing, so I set on a new adventure:&nbsp; Proof of concept 2:&nbsp; Vertical placement of the pieces.</p><p>The hinge is 2 part which required that there be 3 hinge points; 2 on the edges and one central.&nbsp; Add to that the fact that the pieces had posts for mounting on the hemispheres and that adds up to supports.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t like the support structures that were being genereated by either slicer, so following in the footsteps of Lawsy (and his jigsaw replacement), I built my own into the models.&nbsp; Surprisingly easy once you figured out what could be used.</p><p>I present the proof of concept in STL.&nbsp; Should you decide to print this, do it at 100% as this is the correct sizing for the pieces.&nbsp; Any smaller and you risk throwing the support structures under the bus.&nbsp; As it is, they snap right off leaving very little to clean up after.&nbsp; A little filing and the thing should fit together nicely.&nbsp; </p><p>I say &quot;should&quot; since it worked for my machine and I&#039;m still having that dang banding issue on the Z axis, but even with that the parts look pretty clean.&nbsp; Yes, it is almost 3m of filament at .3mm and a build time of over an hour and a half, but it was SOOO worth the time to see something that came out of my head come to life.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cckens]]></name>
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			<updated>2012-11-28T21:56:33Z</updated>
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