Movement holder made with 3D printer

[Waggy]

New version of parametric movement holder, link HERE, updated based on feedback from other WRT members and removed a few bugs. I have printed in PLA+ and PETG and prints well, rendering below:

I uploaded FreeCAD, step and .stl versions to printables web site as this seems to have replaced thingiverse as the go-to place for 3D models - opinions?

Note, parametric functionality only works in the FreeCAD file version

All you need to do is measure your movement outer diameter (OD) and then put this value into the model spreadsheet and it will generate a bespoke model of the holder to fit your movement that will look something like the one above. Depending on your settings the print time will be around 1 hour.

On 4/11/2021 at 7:27 PM, LittleWatchShop said:

I am attaching the Freecad file.  I use Freecad which is open-source software that is heavily supported and it is FREE.  Been using it for three years and love it.

 

STL file also attached, but it is not as useful because it is much harder to edit.

When I get some time, I will parameterize this for easier mods.

movement_holder 2.FCStd 23.36 kB · 15 downloads movement holder.stl 30.16 kB · 11 downloads

How do you upload the FCStd and stl files here? Whenever I try I get a warning box saying that the file format is not allowed.

 

Edited January 8 by Waggy
Clarification

[LittleWatchShop]

6 hours ago, Waggy said:

How do you upload the FCStd and stl files here? Whenever I try I get a warning box saying that the file format is not allowed.

I don't know how I did it!!  It was a long time ago.  Maybe they changed the file type available.  Here's an idea.  Change the extension to ".jpg" and inform the reader to change it back to ".fcstd"