Designing and 3D Printing your own mechanism!

[Naomi RoboSavvy offline]

Hey guys!

Ever wondered about the kinds of things you can create with a 3D Printer, a few hours on CAD and some loose nuts and bolts?
We say, with a little imagination... Just about anything!
Check out what one of our designers here at RoboSavvy made last week as we prep to launch our new MM2X nozzles:

All parts but the lever and the bolts have been designed and printed in house. Any guesses what this does??


A close up of the mechanism.


Here's the CAD file spliced.




As you can see, when the lever is pulled forward the mechanism moves down, along with a circular hole puncher and an exacto blade. It's been designed to cut a very specific part for our new MM2X replacement nozzle kit for the Markerbot Replicator 2X.


This saved me hours if I were to cut these all by hand! 5 minutes this took, I kid you not.
Any guesses what these are??


All ready to start getting these kits together!

Hope this inspired you to design and print your own mechanism. Get creative!