[Woodworkers] Table saw gripper push block, 3D printed

[indigogyre]

Hello,As a side note about printed items. Most people design 3d objects in metric and the use a lot of metric hardware. You can sometimes get away with imperial sizes though. I have a slowly increasing supply of metric hardware. Dean
-------- Original message --------From: Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> Date: 1/14/21  11:54 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: Chuck Steger <chuck.steger at gmail.com> Cc: Steve Bigelow <sbig333 at gmail.com>, Sawdusters <woodworkers at sawdusters.org> Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Table saw gripper push block, 3D printed Hi Chuck,Yes, print all of the parts and then assemble. For cleanup, the only parts that required supports to be removed were the knobs, and those were quick and easy. Maybe 30 seconds per knob. All of the other parts were used as they came off the printer.Print time was about 30 hours total. This was printed in ABS, so it prints a little slower. ABS is needed because PLA or PETG could shatter if it came in contact with the blade, which nullifies the use of this. You could also use something like nylon, but that gets expensive.Assembly was fairly painless. I just pressed in the nuts and bolts by hand. If you have a good printer, the size is correct. On the knobs, I may have to add some epoxy at some point, but for right now they seem solid with the bolts just pressed in.The biggest hurdle is that this was designed in France, so it uses metric hardware. M4 + M5 nuts and bolts. I got mine on eBay for fairly cheap from a US based supplier. You can also get these on McMaster Carr for cheap enough, and probably a little higher quality.The "grip" I just use old mouse pads, glued on with rubber cement. I got a stack of these from work years ago, and am slowly working my way through them, but you can also find them at thrift stores or garage sales sometimes. Another option is 3D printed TPU pads, but those take a while to print.Regards,-Stevehttp://woodworking.bigelowsite.comhttp://www.my3dprintpro.com On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:12 AM <chuck.steger at gmail.com> wrote:Steve,   Very impressive! So you print all the parts and then assemble, right. Is there a lot of time to clean up the parts or fairly quick given it’s a plastic compound? How long did it take to print everything? Chuck From: Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org> On Behalf Of Steve Bigelow via WoodworkersSent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:23 PMTo: Sawdusters <woodworkers at sawdusters.org>Cc: Steve Bigelow <sbig333 at gmail.com>Subject: [Woodworkers] Table saw gripper push block, 3D printed Not really woodworking, but related. Here's a photo of a push block I printed. Total cost was about $6. Look for "push block" on Thingiverse. It's amazing how many jigs and accessories I've made for my shop using the 3D printer.  
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