Dial Indicator - Print In Place Compliant Mechanism
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This is my alternate design for Turbo_SunShine's print in place Dial indicator. I wanted to make it more durable and easier to print, can be printed in your preferred layer height, mine is printed at 0.127mm. Tolerance is 0.5 mm in the "pen" section, I haven't tried tighter tolerances. A 0.1mm movement on the pen moves the dial by the width of one notch on the scale. May require a gentle twist to separate the internal part of the pen from the casing. To lower the force required to move the pen (to make it more sensitive) you can cut the "S" bend out. CANNOT BE SCALED Scaling down means it will not print correctly, scaling up will make it too stiff to move. There is still a lot of room for improvement in this design. I have only printed this in red PETG (I tried with clear PETG and it was too stiff and squeaky) This model is much bigger than the model it is inspired by. I may try to make a smaller version in future. Also, I haven't designed a mount for this, I'd recommend modifying Turbo_SunShine's mount if you're using an Ender 3 or 5.
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