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cozmicray
Nick what printer are you using to make all your parts?
What kind of fill density, what polymer will you use on printed thread clamps?
Might this require nylon or polycarb?
Have you thought about heating up a blank thread clamp (No threads) -- then clamping around leadscrew.
You could heat up threaded rod then clamp (even with external clamp right at center)? Is this against the repRap rules?
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I use a Printrbot Plus. I hope I can get Simpson and Wally dialed in enough that I can use them also but for now it is just the Printrbot Plus. Also, I have a QU-BD Revolution XL. It is amazing but there is some problem with the thermistor I can't track down. I am going to take it back to QU-BD today for them to take a look.
I will probably do 75-100% infill for the printed thread clamps. I only print with PLA. That is just a personal choice. Since, I work around kids I want the printers to smell good at least.
I thought about doing some heating tricks like you mentioned. There are no rules against that. However, if you can print and then use without post processing then you have a design that others can more easily duplicate.
Originally for the lead nut I was going to print a nut that was just slightly undersized. I was then going to heat up the nut and the rod and thread it on. I will probably still try to do something like this. If it works then other can use the technique. If it doesn't, I have the purchased nuts.
