Spring Winder (6 mm & 8 mm mandrels)

thingiverse

This is a remix of a very nice Spring Winder found earlier of Thingiverse. However, the original one did not meet my particular need as I needed a very special kind of spring, that i made out a 0.8 mm diameter music wire (8 mm inner diameter). This remix might be part of a biggest project (I will need it to make all the springs used in this future project). ------ Strengths : Very versatile (can handle most of the small springs) Flexible as the handle is designed to receive different size winder (6 & 8 mm by now, but we can redesign the whole thing to achieve other diameters) Easily swappable (you just have to unplug the keys locks) between sizes 6 mm AND 8 mm mandrel holder The mandrel support is designed to receive several mandrel holder sizes as well. The systems also works with keys locks ----- Drawbacks : I need to redesign the holes as my printer cannot handle such small holes very well Extra cleaning is required to get all the pieces nice and clean (small files and 1mm drill bit are highly recommended!) Limited to 1mm diameter wire at the moment. Print Settings Printer: Emotion Tech Prusa i3 Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.2 or 0.3 mm Infill: 20 to 35 % Notes: Supports are useful for printing the keys fitting holes, however they need extra time to be cleaned properly (as the windows are quite small). If you manage to print the parts correctly without using supports, please let me know! I'm curious to see if we can get a nice part without them.