On Saturday 29 August 2020 11:38:30 Chris Albertson wrote: > Andy, > > Did you run this through FEA Stress analysis? It only takes about > 15 minutes and will tell you if the flexibility is evenly disturbed > and maybe help locate a failure point. > > This is one of the neat features of Fusion 360 but unfortunately the > system assumes your material is uniform and printed parts tend to have > a solid skin and less dense core. But even so, the FEA paints the > most stress areas in red. > > It might be best to print this in ABS.
Just for S&G, and to test a theory, I've started a print of it, in this crappy TPU and am working downwards in nozzle temps a degree at a time from a 205/40 start, up to 2.88 deep now and 196C/room temp bed. And looking good so far. Ignore that faint knocking sound. :) > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 3:40 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 05:35, Greg Bernard <marzetti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Have you considered having the flex gear part printed by one of > > > the 3d printing services in nylon? > > > > Alternatively, here is a redesign of the flex gear designed to be > > more compliant (but with the extra walls of the spokes, maybe also > > stronger) > > > > https://a360.co/32Efa4a > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
