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Marble ball bearing

by wware · Learning
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This ball bearing uses 6 marbles that are 16 mm in diameter. I got a bag of 50 marbles for a dollar at Toys R Us. This is in three pieces (two of the `cage` piece, and one `shaft` piece). I managed to put the thing together, including marbles.

I'm not a mechanical engineer, and the movement is a bit rough, and catches a little in places. If you drive it with a cordless drill, it rattles because things aren't all perfectly aligned. But it does rotate.

Here's a little video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1mtN5CR90

After making the video, I took it apart and sanded the inside surfaces that touch the marbles, and the motion became a lot smoother. I used the cordless drill to help sand the surfaces on the axle.
Category
Learning
Source
Thingiverse
Published
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Why?
significant post-processing
Single piece Hardware needed
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 2/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA, Marble PLA
Post-processing
Sanding, Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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