Time lapse of 3D printed “BIG Nut And Bolt”. Time lapse taken from my Octoprint server attached to my Printrbot Simple Makers 1405 using the standard Raspberry Pi camera and a wide angle clip on lens.
A very cool print to make and great to show off to people. Very satisfying to spin the nut on and off! Had to screw it on and off a couple of times to loosen up the thread so it was smooth – could also put some silicone sealant on it to make it even more smooth, but it doesn’t need it.
Scaled it down to about 60% for it to fit into my printer upright. Would love to print this full size or bigger as a great novelty item and showcase as to what can be 3D printed.
An oddity of the design from an engineers point of view if this was a functional piece is that the nut has a different size hex to the bolt head, so you would need two different spanners to fasten this nut and bolt, or a pair of adjustable one?!
Original model is by be3D_printers and can be found here – https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:387266.
My make can be found here – https://www.thingiverse.com/make:222068
Print Settings Below:
Filament: Printed using 3D Prima 1.75 PLA – Dark Grey
Filament used: 10.844m 32.0g
Layer Height: 0.2064mm
Temperature: 210°C
Perimeters: 2 at 0.4mm (0.8mm total)
Infill: 25%
Raft: No
Brim: No
Support: None
Speed: 20mm/s
Time: About 4 hour
Scale: 60%
Still trying to get a better set up for my time lapses. Think the built in Raspberry Pi camera is not suited and I may have to set up an external camera – comment below if you have any tips or suggestions?!
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