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Spring Factory 1.2

by vbaillet

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Instant springs with this 9 grams (0.30 oz) spring factory.
Works with 0.8mm to 1.5mm "normal" steel wires and 0.8 to 1.2mm piano wires.

This is an update from my previous Spring Factory (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5142754), with many improvements, the main one is that you can now use piano wires.

You'll need a good wire cutter if you're using piano wire.
On the video, i used 25 centimeters (10 inches) of 1.2mm piano wire
The "spring factory" is easy to print (no supports) on you 3d printer. You just need 9 grams (less than 4 meters) of PLA filament.
It took less than 80 minutes to print it on my Ender 3 V2.

Watch the video in order to see how it works : https://youtu.be/QOz2l867N_4

On the video, i used 25 centimeters (10 inches) of 1.5mm stainless steel wire.

Print Instructions:
Just print the two things with the classical 0.4 nozzle. There should be no problem with clearance.
No need for supports.
No need for raft
Layer Height= 0.2 (probably works with

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Source

Thingiverse

What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence

Why?

no supports

Support-free Single piece

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