/* -*-c-*- * * A spacer for the Sparrows disc-detainer picking tool * * (c) 2022 Mark Wooding */ /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ /*----- Configuration -----------------------------------------------------*/ /* Overall scaling. */ MM = 1; /* Curvature quality. */ $fa = 0.1; $fs = 0.2*MM; /* A `large enough' length; effectively infinite. */ BIG = 20*MM; /* Dimensions. */ CUT_WD = 10*MM; /* width of the cut in the top */ BORE_DIAM = 6*MM; /* diameter of hole down the mid */ SPACER_HT = 7.25*MM; /* height of the offset */ HEIGHT = SPACER_HT + 3*MM; /* overall ht, including shelves */ THICK = 16*MM; /* thickness */ WIDTH = 18*MM; /* width */ /*----- The main object ---------------------------------------------------*/ difference() { intersection() { /* Start with a bounding parallelepiped. We're going to shave pieces of * this to make the actual object. */ translate([-WIDTH/2, -THICK/2, 0]) cube([WIDTH, THICK, HEIGHT]); /* Round off the vertical edges. */ cylinder(h = HEIGHT, r = norm([CUT_WD/2, WIDTH/2])); /* Round off the shelves that sit around the pick body. */ rotate([0, 90, 0]) translate([0, 0, -BIG/2]) cylinder(h = BIG, r = norm([HEIGHT, CUT_WD/2])); } union() { /* Cut out the channel in which the pick body sits, leaving the shelves * on either side. */ translate([-BIG/2, -CUT_WD/2, SPACER_HT]) cube([BIG, CUT_WD, BIG]); /* Bore the hole down the middle through which the tensioning prongs and * pick fit. */ translate([0, 0, -BIG/3]) cylinder(h = BIG, r = BORE_DIAM/2); } } /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/