yet another universal ball joint

yet another ball joint.

It started with my desire to reuse an old gorilla pod tripod. Their ball diameter is around 20.2mm.

The tolerances might depend on your printer.  I had to give it some trial and error.

To make the design more robust (in terms of less dependent on your printers tolerances) I designed the “doublecup” that can connect two ballheads. The fit can be additionally tightened with a screw (hole diameter is 5 mm).

→ My recommendation: Print the ball and the double cup part.

Prints fine in PLA with 0.2mm layer height and no supports.

Consider printing in these orientations (with a brim for the double coup):

Remixes wellcome: Onshape or the provided step files.