/* Derived by Carlosgs from: * http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12789 * An extruder gear set for the TechZone Huxley, * featuring Herringbone teeth. * You will have to recalibrate your E_STEPS_PER_MM in * your firmware (ratio changing from original techzone * lasercut gears). * This use 2 modules from the MCAD library that you can * get from https://github.com/elmom/MCAD. * * Part - the motor gear mount hub with set screw hole - * derived from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3104 * (thanks GilesBathgate) which is under GPL CC license. * * August 2013 added 2 extra setscrews to ensure centered usage. * by Harry Binnema. * * Copyright (C) 2011 Guy 'DeuxVis' P. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. * -- * DeuxVis - device@ymail.com */ include include include motor_shaft_diameter=5.4; pos=15.4; //position hole for grubnut nholes = 7; shaft_diam=10; shaft_height=7; /* Herringbone gear module, adapted from MCAD/involute_gears */ module herringbone_gear( teeth=12, circles=0, shaft=5 ) { twist=200; height=10; pressure_angle=30; gear( number_of_teeth=teeth, circular_pitch=320, pressure_angle=pressure_angle, clearance = 0.2, gear_thickness = height/2, rim_thickness = height/2, rim_width = 1, hub_thickness = height/2, hub_diameter=1, bore_diameter=shaft, circles=circles, twist=twist/teeth ); mirror( [0,0,1] ) gear( number_of_teeth=teeth, circular_pitch=320, pressure_angle=pressure_angle, clearance = 0.2, gear_thickness = height/2, rim_thickness = height/2, rim_width = 1, hub_thickness = height/2, hub_diameter=1, bore_diameter=shaft, circles=circles, twist=twist/teeth ); } module cyclone_motor_z_gear(with_extra_parts=false, exploded=false) { // Motor gear rotate([180,0,0]) union() difference() { union() { //gear herringbone_gear( teeth=8 ); translate( [0, 0, 12] ) mirror( [0, 0, 1] ) difference() { //shaft cylinder( r=shaft_diam, h=shaft_height, $fn=40 ); //captive nut and grub holes for (i=[0:2]){ //3 symmetric grubscrews rotate([0,0,i*120]){ translate( [0, 20, 3.5] ) rotate( [90, 0, 0] ) union() { //entrance for nut translate( [0, -4.4, pos] ) cube( [5.9, 5.8, 2.45], center=true ); //nut hole translate( [0, 0, pos-1.2] ) rotate( [0, 0, 30] ) cylinder( r=6/2+0.2, h=2.6, $fn=6 ); //grub screw hole translate( [0, 0, 9] ) cylinder( r=1.5, h=10, $fn=20 ); } } } } } //shaft hole translate( [0, 0, -6] ) cylinder( r=motor_shaft_diameter/2, h=20, $fn=30 ); } if(with_extra_parts) cyclone_motor_z_gear_extras(exploded_distance = (exploded?24:0)); module cyclone_motor_z_gear_extras(exploded_distance=0) { echo("Non-Plastic Parts, 1, Grub Screw M3 x 8 mm to attach Z motor gear to motor shaft"); translate([0,-2.5-exploded_distance,-(12-3.5)]) rotate([90, 0, 0]) color(Steel) cylinder(r=1.5, h=8, $fn=30); } } cyclone_motor_z_gear();