Fully Customizable Hinge

Our most popular free designs include our fully customizable craft and DIY objects so, today, we are bringing you a more ambitious design in that category; a fully customizable, print-in-place hinge.

This design is*completely free* and shared under a permissive license. Your support is hugely appreciated.

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OpenSCAD Customizer Options

This design has the following Customizer options:

General

• Material_Thickness - Thickness of the material
• Gap_Percent - Amount of material to remove from gap points

Leaves

• Leaf_Length - Length of each leaf (X axis)
• Leaf_Width - Width of each leaf (Y axis)

Knuckles

• Knuckles - Total number of knuckles
• Large_Knuckle_Recesses - Use if you need up to 270 degrees of rotation

Screws

• Screw_Holes_Per_Leaf - Number of screw holes per leaf
• Screw_Hole_Diameter - The diameter of the screw hole
• Screw_Head_Diameter - The diameter of the screw head
• Screw_Head_Countersink_Angle - Screw countersink angle (82 and 90 are common)

Preview Only

• Part - Part(s) to show in preview mode
• Sleeve_Leaf_Rotation - Rotation of sleeve leaf in preview mode

Design Considerations

This is a print-in-place design, meaning it is intended to be printed at a single part. The pin section will have a tendency to sag. To counteract this, you should favour a higher number of Knuckles, as this will reduce the length of each pin section. You should also use a moderate Gap_Percentage, but note that too much of a gap will can cause unwanted travel in the final part (X axis), so use your judgement and adjust it suit to the other parameters you have chosen.

Whilst this design can support a small amount of weight, it is not intended to be load bearing. However, it may be possible to increase it's strength a little by increasing the Material_Thickness.

Material

We recommend printing this in a durable filament, such as ABS or nylon.

Versions

• 1.0 (27 May 2021) - Initial version

Printing

Recommended slicer settings:

• Resolution: 0.1mm - 0.2mm
• Infill: ~50% - ~80% recommended.
• Supports: Not required.
• Rafts: Not required, unless you experience adhesion issues.

We also recommend printing this with a high cooling fan speed, to help reduce sagging of the pin.

License

The "Hinge" model (.stl) is licensed under the CC BY license by Code and Make.

The "Hinge" code (.scad) is licensed under The MIT License by Code and Make.

Note: 'BSD' license has been selected as it is the closest available option in the list.

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