Print In Place Ball Bearings by hitcha

hitcha

Education>Engineering

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Print Profile(12)

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P1P

P1S

X1 Carbon

X1E

A1 mini

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

Designer

23 min

1 plate

4.3(164)

[PETG] - Concentric Circular Pattern

Designer

24 min

1 plate

4.6(25)

[PETG] - Concentric Circular Pattern, 60% infill

Designer

26 min

1 plate

4.1(16)

[PETG] - Multicoloured, Concentric Circular Pattern, 60% infill

Designer

2.2 h

1 plate

4.3(3)

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Description

These print in place bearings take 23 minutes and can be printed to understand the engineering and how ball bearings work or they can be printed for a fidget toy!

I recommend the print profile "Optimised 💯 [PETG], Concentric Circular Pattern, 0.2mm layer, 1 walls, 50% infill" for people having trouble with original print profile.

I recommend the print profile "High Strength💪 & Faster Spin⚡️, 0.2mm layer, 1 walls, 60% infill" for people who want the bearings to be much stronger and spin for longer.

I recommend the print profile “High Strength💪 & Multicoloured🌈, 0.2mm layer, 1 walls, 60% infill” for people who want the bearings to be multicoloured :)

If you wanna purchase all the files including all the Solidworks Part, Engineering Drawing and STL files, here’s the links:

https://www.cgtrader.com/products/print-in-place-ball-bearings

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/print-in-place-ball-bearings

https://www.youtube.com/@amelia.hitchcock

https://www.cgtrader.com/hitcha

https://cults3d.com/en/users/hitcha

Comment & Rating (321)

@sodoom69

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

I don't know why but it can't be printed. the second attempt also failed.Bambulab X1c

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The designer has replied

@hitcha

it looks like it didn't print the first layer properly, therefore, the rest of it didnt work. what i'd suggest is using the glue on your plate before printing, that ensures that the first layer gets stuck down properly. hope this helps :)

@sodoom69

I'm not new to 3D printing. I use 3D Lac. First layer to good scanned Lidar

@hitcha

Replying to @sodoom69 :

im fairly new to 3d printing, apologies, what exactly is 3D lac and lidar?

@brwyatt

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

Works well. A little crunchy, but not unexpected for 3D printed round surfaces.

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The designer has replied

@hitcha

that could mean that one of the bearings isnt loose from the rings, if u give them all a wobble to see if theyre loose then you might be able to fix the "crunchy" sounds. also just the more u spin it the more the extra bits that might be printed will come loose :) but glad to hear it works well

@brwyatt

Replying to @hitcha :

Yeah, they took a bit to break loose. Just seem to end up a little unsmooth (possibly not entirely uniform, too). Does get better with use, though seems to still have occasional bumps. I might try seeing if using an 0.2mm nozzle has better results, but I mostly printed this to play with, and it satisfies that. Definitely a really good design, with results largely dependent on printer and print quality settings.

@hitcha

Replying to @brwyatt :

hmm interesting, when i printed them on my printer there was only one bearings that needed to be broken loose, question, this is out of curiosity now haha, were u using bambu labs filament? because thats what i used for my green ones, but i also printed using overture for my black bearings and they printed not as well as the bambu labs filament

@tim1105.neumann

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

Very nice Model! It hadnt worked on the first try but on the second try it worked!

The designer has replied

@hitcha

thank you so much, i really like the grey filament :) if u dont mind me asking, what happened with the first try? any feedback is great so i can improve the bearings

@tim1105.neumann

Replying to @hitcha :

I think it was my fault because of the Tolerances because the things in the bearing were stuck. If I had „configured“ the tolerances then it would worked on the first try. And sorry for the bad english, I am german :)

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@hitcha

Replying to @tim1105.neumann :

no worries at all, and nope ur english is great! 😁

@loginEveritt

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

printed well and it works

The designer has replied

@hitcha

eyyy its good to see it on someone elses printer, im so glad it works :) just a tip, the more u spin it, the smoother, faster and longer the bearings spin for :)

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@Quartzz

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

I had to loosen the balls a bit with pliers but after that, it spun very smoothly.

The designer has replied

@hitcha

No worries, yeah this is the initial profile so isnt as optimised at the other profiles but I'm glad it spins smoothly :) also i love the purple filament!

@meCoreyG

Print Profile

[PETG] - Concentric Circular Pattern, 60% infill

came out great and I needed to resize for my use case!!! moves easily and didn’t have to break apart. came off the printer ready to go

The designer has replied

@hitcha

That's so great to hear and if you resized, feel free to upload as a print profile :))

@MooteBuilds

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

profile wasn't it for my setup.

The designer has replied

@hitcha

Apologies to see that, all I can suggest is trying the optimised print profile, hope this helps!

@MooteBuilds

Replying to @hitcha :

might have been caused by undried filament. I did use the same for other models with little issue, but just started drying a few days ago. Will try and remember to reattempt this same profile, so I can see if my rating needs updated.

@BMRMontreal

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

some balls are not printed properly

The designer has replied

@hitcha

unsure why that’s happened, apologies for that, all i can suggest is trying the “optimised💯” print profile, or putting a layer of glue stick down before the print

@corodochus

Print Profile

[PETG] - Concentric Circular Pattern, 60% infill

Problemlos gedruckt, top.

The designer has replied

@hitcha

unsure what you’ve said, but cheers for the rating!

@TeddyB

Print Profile

Initial Profile [PLA] - If doesn't print well, please try the other profiles

success on first print 🤙

The designer has replied

@hitcha

eyyy, looks good as, great stuff :)

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