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I’ve got one that I printed in PLA. It’s useful for holding arbitrary parts in arbitrary orientations while I paint, glue, or do other post processing work on t
by Filligree 3y ago
I’ve got one that I printed in PLA. It’s useful for holding arbitrary parts in arbitrary orientations while I paint, glue, or do other post processing work on them — installing electronics sometimes — that sort of thing.
No force is intended to be applied at all, beyond gravity.
A dedicated jig is always better, but takes time and effort to create. This thing always works moderately well.
- luma 3y agoMy solution for that sort of use case has been TPU softjaws for existing vices (woodworking and metalworking). I will say this: it sure is a neat mechanism and I've thought of printing my own just to play with it. You got any pics of your setup, it sounds cool!