PickAxe

My son needed a pickaxe for the school play and apparently I can't send him to school with a real pickaxe.

Building the pickaxe:-

The point slides through from the other side.  It's a tight fit getting it through but should fit.  If not, a little sanding to the top and bottom of the hole should do the trick.  The point once in place should hold itself there but some glue/plastic welding to keep it steady is not a bad thing.

The flat just slots in and will need something to hold it in place.

I plastic welded both bits together as I'd just learnt about it and it looks right on what is supposed to be a "metal" part!  (Google plastic welding with a dremel for more info, it's a good use for all those spare filament ends and is stronger than gluing.)

The top of the shaft slides through the ring and should fit snugly by friction as the top of the shaft is tapered.

The handle pieces screw together and should all line up nicely.  If anything they seem to go a little beyond where you want them hence the inclusion of the spacer.  Adjust it to the height you need, it should only be a few 10ths of a mm to make it snug.

When printing I used a 0.6 mm nozzle and printed 4 walls thick with a 50% adaptive cubic infill.  This was probably overkill but this thing is solid and I'm fairly happy it won't break unless my son actually tries mining with it!

Any questions feel free to ask.

If you make one please put up some photos, I'd love to see them.

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