Brass Prep Station For Reloading

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<h3><strong>Summary</strong></h3><p>Brass Prep Station</p><p>For the gear box plates, recommend a 20% infill and 3-4 perimeters or walls.</p><p>For the gears (main helical gear and small helical gears), 4 perimeters and 70% infill plus 5 top and bottom layers.</p><p>For the housing 2-3 perimeters and 20% infill is a-ok.</p><p>For the tool posts, 4 perimeters.</p><p>For the gear shafts, 4 perimeters.<br><br>I included two types of tool posts, the main tools posts for the 8-32 ez-look inserts and then the “hex” tool post which you can insert a ¼" drive hex bit into.&nbsp;</p><p>There are two gearboxes you can print:</p><p>a 400RPM gearbox<br>and a 250RPM gearbox</p><p>I highly recommend the 250RPM gearbox as it is quite a bit higher in torque.</p><p>Anything marked with a X6 you will need to print 6 of.</p><h3><strong>This is the parts list needed:</strong></h3><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071GTTSV3/?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B071GTTSV3/</a> - 12v 200 RPM Greartisan style motor with 31mm bolt circumference.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09HV9HZQ6?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09HV9HZQ6</a> - The bearings are 22OD X 8MM ID X 7MM thick skate board bearings, you need 12 of them.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08334N261/?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08334N261/</a> - This the main gear hub for connecting the hub to the motor. You need 1 of these.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B081YGD8LY/?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B081YGD8LY/</a> - This is the fan I used, it is a 60x60mm x 15mm thick fan with a 50mm bolt offset pattern. It is a 12v fan.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07T1W7S1C/?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07T1W7S1C/</a> - This is the power supply I used. 12v 2a power supply with adapter. The housing is designed specifically for this adapter to fit in to the case so it's plug and play.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B083ZDFYKT/?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B083ZDFYKT/</a> - I used the m5 inserts out of this kit to bolt the gear box to the main housing.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P1SKYCB?tag=thingiverse09-20">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P1SKYCB</a> - I used these 8-32 brass inserts for the tool posts. The part number from EZ-LOK is FL-832-HI.</p><p>The Switch is a 8mm X 14mm micro switch but you could modify the box to fit a bigger one if needed.</p><p>You will also need:</p><p>6 - M3x0.5 thread pitch bolts for the motor.<br>2-4 - M3x0.5 thread pitch bolts coupler to main gear<br>2-4 - M3x0.5 thread pitch nuts for the coupler to main gear<br>4 - M5x0.8 thread pitch bolts to bolt the main housing to the gear box<br>3 - M5x0.8 x 30mm tapered head bolts to hold the gear housing together.<br>3 - M5x0.8 lock nuts<br><br>In lieu of the last two bits of hardware (3xM5 bolts and nuts) you can use 10-24x1.5" bolts and nuts.</p><p>The fan came with hardware for me but you'd posisbly need 4 bolts for that too.</p><p>Happy printing!!!</p><h3><strong>Print Settings</strong></h3><p><strong>Printer:</strong></p><p>Mk3S</p><p><strong>Supports:</strong></p><p>Doesn't Matter</p><p><strong>Resolution:</strong></p><p>0.2mm for everything</p><p><strong>Infill:</strong></p><p>20-70% depending on the part</p><p><strong>Filament brand:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=esun+filament&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=tv-nothing-20&amp;linkId=ee95e18399f58ca8cf2c8c2b4b912c0c&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl">ESUN</a> and Overture</p><p><strong>Filament material:</strong></p><p>PLA</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>You may need support for the gear shafts, and the housing for the fan vent holes. Otherwise it's all print and install.</p><p><strong>Post-Printing</strong></p><p>You may need to adjust some of the part fitment to get it all to go together as each printer will vary.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>