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I am working on making a bottle cap for a wine glass bottle, and for the cap, it is going to be ABS polymer. On the inside of the cap, there is a cylindrical area where the top of a cork is going to sit (the cork's top is cylindrical too). However, the top of the cork is aluminum...
I am trying to make a simple plastic crate where all four side walls will be connected to the bottom face via hinges that allow the walls to rotate to and away (think of the sides of a cube with no top falling down outward and vice versa).
The thing is these hinges need to be purely plastic...
I decided to do some more sheet metal practice on my own using the information I gathered from watching some YT videos. But I haven't seen someone perform something like the below picture. I was thinking of using an edge flange then a jog or a 90 edge flange then sketch bends, but my concern is...
I am trying to find some type of mechanism where I can have a smooth but not too stiff rotation between two metal pieces. I was thinking of putting a shoulder screw through the pieces (the pieces will be side by side) and a nut at the end.
A real world example I can think of is how when you're...
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I am trying to make a pen-like product that moves out fluid from its tip for some special chores, but I am having issues about the motion of the clutch. The picture you see is a sectioned concept because my thought isn't fully fleshed out.
Legend: Black stripes - fluid, Yellow -...
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I am trying to understand the mechanism of a lip and groove locking system and how it allows two plastic bodies to stay together in order to make a protective box in which a cellphone will be placed. I am not fully sure on the material yet but I plan to use acrylic, but if anyone has...
