Spring Lock for dummy 13 case
by Grady Delp · via Printables
| Format | STL |
| Category | Mechanical |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Triangles | 1.2k |
| Uploaded | Nov 3, 2024 |
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Description
I wanted something that actually stayed upwards in place, the pins I printed ended up being too lose and would fall out of place if the lid shifted back and forth a bit. I have a 3d printing pen so it was easy enough to fill in the gap on the bottom of the slots. You could probably glue a short piece of filament in place and achieve the same effect. In the future I might add a remix of the case for this locking method as well. As I'm uploading this, I'm realizing that filling in the gap will make the case incompatible with the toolboxes from the original model, which I haven't printed yet. I'll probably remedy that at some point but this is the energy I've got for today. For now, my recommendation if you are using both would be to have a lock at the top of the case, and the bottom of the toolbox. Two versions are uploaded, and the loose/tight refers to how well they fit into the slot. I found that the 1.8mm thickness of the spring was a bit rough to fit into the groove, but the 1.6 was likely to fall out. YMMV based on layer height and initial layer thickness, as well as how dialed in your print of the case itself was. You could probably scale the Tight version to 95% thickness (1.71 mm) and adjust your layer height to get a reallygood fit, but I'm okay with it being tight so I'm leaving the models as is. Probably best printed in PETG, or something less brittle than PLA. Model is 1.2mm wide so it'll be perfect with a 0.4 or 0.6 mm nozzle.
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