1/16 Scale Tools

[HDSDesigns]

Here are some of my 1/16 scale tools I printed out and offer on Cults3D. I used a new technique to create the handle for the hammer. I created a series of ellipses and "skinned" them with a surface, then converted the surface to a solid.

 

[moon puppy]

I caught a word or two there.

Drafting your drawings for the printer, are you working in scale at that point or just getting the object created?

 

[HDSDesigns]

I always CAD a scale part to the size it’s going to be printed at rather than draw 1 to 1 and shrink it down to scale.
Sometimes details have to be a little exaggerated or wall thickness increased.
Even though I’m American and use imperial in day to day life I always design in metric since that’s what all plastic models are designed in.
You will often find a series of bolts or rivets will be spaced out 1.0 or 1.5mm.
I designed a new chain drive for the old (1970’s I believe) Monogram Mack AC truck and when I placed my optical comparator on the chain links it was obvious it was designed in metric!

 

[HDSDesigns]

Here is the type of optical comparator I use: https://www.peakoptics.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24&products_id=294

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Interesting! I am a watchmaker and have over the years done a lot of hobby machining to make parts and to modify kits. Doing the work in the hobby allows me to keep in practice for when I cannot make a mistake. It also makes it easier to do the fine jobs as I use the fine tolerances even when they are not really needed in the hobby. As I was a draftsman and did manual prototyping of sheet metal and circuit boards for many years before changing professions, it all works together.