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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: KHAANNN on Sun, 07 June 2015, 15:51:19
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I initially intended to experiment with these: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45931.30 - however I didn't want to install a cad program to convert the .dwg to .stl, so I started from scratch with tinkercad
Previously, I always dismissed switch stickers, as I didn't understand what they are for, the discussions online deem them as placebo, however, after realising that the switches of my infinitykb was wobbling heavily (bad plate cutout choice, regular square cutouts should wobble much less) - I decided to try stickered switches - I'm glad I did
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the switch didn't survive :( - I slipped and bent the leafs - his sacrifice wasn't in vain
Failed ones, retried a lot to get the dimensions/shape right
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The design is extremely simple, it's just one layer in 0.2mm, it eliminates the wobble completely, the switch closes fine, the middle piece gets stressed a bit as the switch top has 2 nudges that pushes it, the part survives and re-shapes to make room for that nudges
I'm very proud of the end result, I wasn't willing to order stickers online and wait weeks for them to arrive, plastic might also be a better material for this task
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That has to be one of the smallest possible 3D prints that's actually useful :))
Thanks for sharing!
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That has to be one of the smallest possible 3D prints that's actually useful :))
Thanks for sharing!
Np, thanks :)
If anyone decides to print some, I can provide more details/files, the design is 0.2mm but I printed 0.05mm into the print-plate to increase the quality/adhesion, so the result should be 0.15mm-0.2mm in height with some added skirt that helps it grab the middle part of the switch better
I'm probably going to print 200+ black, 100 orange, 100 silver now before I change the print settings and alter the end result, the layer height/first layer height/width, z-displacement affect the result a lot in this case