Moving Parts Project
For my Moving Parts project, I decided to make a simple ball and socket joint. To my surprise, the first print succeeded perfectly, and the tolerance of the joint is tight enough to hold the ball in any desired position but loose enough to swivel around.
As you can see from the following pictures, the actual print is tiny—so tiny that it took only 24 minutes to make. Were I to re-print it, I would enlarge it in Cura. The reason is twofold: 1) it would make the print sturdier which would 2) make the joint more secure. While I was able to force the ball into the joint without destroying it, the thinness of the print’s grips led to their eventual breaking. (Although that’s partially my fault for being careless with it.)
