This version of the bearing assembly makes no permanent modifications to the Thumbler's Tumbler Model B.
A stronger version that requires drilling through the tumbler's sheet metal is in the works.
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Print 4 of each part:
- Bearing_Bracket_Body
- Bearing_Bracket_Hanger
Settings:
I used ASA and standard Voron print settings: 4 walls, 40% infill (gyroid in my case), 5 top and bottom layers. I also used supports inside the SHCS recesses on the Bearing_Bracket_Body.
Using ASA, I scaled everything 101%, if you use a different material, you'll have to decide how to account for that material's shrinkage.
Other parts (BOM):
- 4x 608 ZZ Ball Bearings (8mm x 22mm x 7mm)
- 8x M3 heat set inserts (mine came from McMaster-Carr and the holes are sized for them)
- 8x M3x8 SHCS
- 4x 6x3mm Neodymium Magnets (optional)
Instructions:
- Install a 608 bearing into each Bearing_Bracket_Body
- Install the heat-set inserts into each Bearing_Bracket_Hanger
- Install the 6x3 magnets into each Bearing_Bracket_Hanger (optional)
- Attach the hangers to the bodies using the M3x8 SHCS in order to create 4 bearing assemblies
- Remove the drive and idler shafts from the tumbler
- Carefully remove the shaft retainer clips (4) from the drive and idler shafts - keep these as they will be reused in a following step
- Remove the plastic bushings from the drive and idler shafts and clean the ends of the shafts
- For each end of the drive and idler shafts:
- Slide a completed bearing assembly onto the shaft, so that the assembly is oriented with the SHCS facing away from the tumbler
- Carefully reinstall a shaft retainer clip onto the end of the shaft
- Reinstall the drive and idler shafts back onto the tumbler
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