/* 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. * * Copyright (C) 2011 Guy 'DeuxVis' P. * * August 2013 added 2 extra setscrews to ensure centered usage. * by Harry Binnema. * * 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; BigGear_N_Teeth = 21; // 24 nholes = 9; // 7 holes_diam = 6; hole_distance_from_center = 13.5-4.5+holes_diam/2; /* 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_gear(with_extra_parts=false, exploded=false) { // Motor gear union() difference() { union() { //gear herringbone_gear( teeth=BigGear_N_Teeth ); translate( [0, 0, 12] ) mirror( [0, 0, 1] ) difference() { //shaft cylinder( r=9, h=15, $fn=40 ); //adapted to include 3 captive nuts for symmetrical positioning //adpted bij HJ Binnema on August 26 2013. for (i= [0:2]){ rotate([0,0,i*120]){ //captive nut and grub holes translate( [0, 20, 3.5] ) rotate( [90, 0, 0] ) union() { //enterance translate( [0, -3, 14.5] ) cube( [6, 6, 2.6], center=true ); //nut translate( [0, 0, 13.3] ) rotate( [0, 0, 30] ) cylinder( r=6/2+0.5, h=2.6, $fn=6 ); //grub hole translate( [0, 0, 9] ) cylinder( r=3.2/2, h=10, $fn=6 ); }}} } } //holes to save plastic for(i=[0:nholes-1]) rotate( [0, 0, i*360/(nholes)+45], $fn=20 ) translate( [hole_distance_from_center, 0] ) cylinder( r=holes_diam/2, h=11, center=true, $fn=30 ); //shaft hole translate( [0, 0, -6] ) cylinder( r=motor_shaft_diameter/2, h=20, $fn=30 ); } if(with_extra_parts) { if(exploded) cyclone_motor_gear_extras(exploded_distance=20); else cyclone_motor_gear_extras(exploded_distance=0); } } module cyclone_motor_gear_extras(exploded_distance=0) { // --- M3 x 8mm grub screw to attach Gear to motor shaft --- translate([0,2.5+8+exploded_distance,12-3.5]) rotate([90, 0, 0]) color(Steel) cylinder(r=1.5, h=8, $fn=30); } cyclone_motor_gear();