Broken Pulley - 3D Printed

not really that odd… 3m are smaller/narrower teeth, so you need more of them compared to 5m

Thanks man! The black one looks to be more like the size of the teeth on my pulley. The diameter of this pulley is: 58mm

But to be honest, it doesn’t really matter as long as the teeth are the same because I could just move the motor closer or further away… :slight_smile:

Right, of course. :thumbsup:

how wide a belt do you need the pulley to fit?

This belt is 15mm… so, that I guess lol

Yeah what @Alan_Smithee said as your original 3d printed ones don’t look very wide for the belts. Hard to see in those photos Anyway let me know if you need them…:v:out

Thanks very much mate. I think I’d like to have the black one off you if that’s ok please?

If @Alan_Smithee does print one for me, I could still do with a spare just in case I break that one too with my ham-fistedness! Lol. I’ll pm you :thumbsup:

Here is the pulley…

All good I’ll dig it out! do you need just the 1…postage will be £2.90 royal mail second class

Yes, just the one please :grin:

Hey guys for science!

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I complained to the seller who offered a partial refund and as I asked for a replacement and said they don’t know when they’ll have any more, I asked for a full refund as it was basically un-usable. Got my refund today :slight_smile:

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I modified one of the @JuniorPotato93 pulleys into a 3M one. Its actually red PLA but I finished in painted it some for better surface finish to make a silicone mold from it. That way if you or anyone else needs more of these in the future, I can cast them from poly urethane. The hardening/annealing always warps the part a bit. Because of this the pulley doesn’t run perfectly true when attached to the wheel. But I’d say its 95% true and not a problem for actual use and the increased hardness and wear resistance from the process is well worth it.

That’s cool, well done mate. So will you be selling them?

I will send you this very first one… just send me your address and I figure out what the shipping will be. once you have it you can test it to see if it actually works (if it holds up and if the teeth actually fit 3M because I didn’t have a belt to test it with) and pay whatever you want.

Oh wow! That’s very kind of you! I’ll pm you my address then. I guess I can just PayPal you the shipping cost…

Very cool indeed. Always impressed with what people are able to accomplish on here but please keep in mind that these are shared under a Creative Commons license and that license prohibits the files or any derivatives of them (including physical models and casts of them) to be used for commercial purposes/profit. If you wish to sell these openly then you must play by the rules of the game and figure out what your costs of manufacturing are and charge that plus whatever shipping is. These files are out there as a service to the community and to allow a others a variety which would otherwise be very hard to come by and expensive to produce on a large scale.

If you are okay with that then by all means please continue to do what you’re doing.

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oh its absolutely intended as a community service… the cost of manufacturing alone would be much more than I could charge anyone… its an 8h print sto start with :smiley: If anyone actually ever wants more of these I will definitely contact you first to talk business.