Customizable Hinges with conical interior knuckles
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Theese are print in place hinges, customizable in many ways (modelled with cones inside the knuckles, and not with the classic pins).
My hinges have a feature that i needed and nobody offered it parametric, so i'd like to share it.
It's about the knuckle outside diameter that can be changed independent from the base thickness. THIS ALLOWS A HINGE like in my last picture for who wants that in some projects.
Choose 3 knuckles version if you want a tiny hinge with a tiny diameter, for ease of print.
My hinges have no holes for screws, but for a reason. You drill them with any size drill bit you want, but most important, you choose exactly the hole location (thing impossible for me to make parametric and i didn't want to make many versions with different holes locations). (set infill and perimeters bigger than normal, to drill into).
If you don't have a drill bit (that would be the fastest way for job done), and if you want the holes 3d printed, that needs manually adding them into slicer after customization or edit the faces of the STL downloaded if you have some few basic skills in CAD/Fusion… (Or, simply look for other posts with customizable hinges with screw holes in it)
I added a step file for whoever wants to inspect inside the hinge.
Keep in mind, for small diameters knuckles, like 2 and 3mm, if your project requires such a tiny hinge, you should not use clearance more than 0.10 - 0.14 mm as if you go too large, the hinge may split apart in use. See my profiles (tested with 0.1 clearance with PLA+ and workes fine. Initially were stucked, but after just a tiny bit of force in the first bend, was all good). If not happy, increase clearances sideways or to the base plate.




























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