{"id":134989,"date":"2022-01-31T05:24:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap"},"modified":"2022-01-31T05:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:24:29","slug":"3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Jig Makes Custom Springs A Snap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOz2l867N_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve often heard it said that springs come in in all shapes and sizes\u2026except for the one you need. In light of this, the hardware hacker would do well to keep the tools and knowledge required to make a custom spring close at hand when building something that moves. Luckily, all it really take is some stiff metal wire, a rod, and patience.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you\u2019ve got a 3D printer, that is. In which case, we\u2019d suggest you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:5171637\" target=\"_blank\">print out this very clever \u201cSpring Factory\u201d designed by [Vincent Baillet]<\/a>. The simple tool, consisting of just two parts, makes it easier and faster to make consistent DIY springs when compared to traditional methods. Rather than trying to eyeball the spacing of the coil as you wind the wire around the mandrel, this design does it for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/springjig_detail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" data-attachment-id=\"517406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2022\/01\/28\/3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap\/springjig_detail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/springjig_detail.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"783,549\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\u201caperture\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d credit\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d camera\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d caption\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d created_timestamp\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d copyright\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d focal_length\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d iso\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d shutter_speed\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d title\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d orientation\u201d:\u201d0\u201d}\" data-image-title=\"springjig_detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/springjig_detail.jpg?w=783\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printed-jig-makes-custom-springs-a-snap2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the video, springs made with this tool look very professional. Not only does the threaded mandrel keep the spacing between coils even, it also makes sure all the springs you produce are identical. This can be especially important with projects that need to use multiple matching springs. [Vincent] says his handy tool works with piano wire from 0.8 to 1.2 mm, and slightly thicker if plain steel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve often heard it said that springs come in in all shapes and sizes\u2026except for the one you need. In light of this, the hardware hacker would do well to keep the tools and knowledge required to make a custom spring close at hand when building something that moves. Luckily, all it really take is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habitats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}