Instead, it’s an inquiry into how self-sufficient one can be with a FDM 3D printer. That didn’t stop him from torture testing the design to its limits as wheel bearings on an off-road go-cart.

Decent-sized tapered roller bearings make an appearance, ... A 3D printer doesn’t (or shouldn’t) bump into things at force, which is what a lathe pretty much is.

Groundbreaking 3D-printed angular gearbox that ... Multi-bearing rollers were incorporated to ... The gearbox’s design draws inspiration from the rack and roller pinion system commonly ...

The second hobbed gear has a simple roller bearing in the middle consisting of eight rollers in a neat caged assembly. Through the centre of this there is a fully-threaded screw ... He also writes for ...

Now researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University have found a way of directly building reconfigurable origami assemblages using 3D printing technology. The structures can ...

This wild 3D printed card roller lets you do just that. Built by maker Paul Myers, the embosser ... You’ll also need some bearings to help the tubes roll but Myers is using skateboard bearings.

Embedded ball bearings bring balance to 3D-printed objects. ... but spare a thought for hobbyists who design and 3D print their own models, only to find they keep toppling over.