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3d printed customized antenna rotator
Main features:
- You can magnify (robust) depending on the size of your 3D printer
- Gear ratio 1:40,5
- Motor speed 30 RPM
- Potentiometer gear ratio of 1:2
- The structure is designed to exposed parts were straining to pressure
- Two microswitches limiting rotation to 360 degrees
- Not waterproof - requires umbrella cover
- Use about half kilogram PLA plastic
- Print time for approximately 20 hours
- Diameter four axis 8 millimeter
- 3x 130mm - of which 98 mm smooth, the rest of the M8 thread
- 1x 115mm - of which 80 mm smooth, the rest of the M8 thread
- Five tightening threaded rods M4x120 mm
Download
| General view | ||
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| All |  3D preview |
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| All gear | 3D preview |
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| Individual .STL parts | ||
| Gear 1 | .STL [17,6 MB]982 | 3D preview |
| Gear 2 (3x) | .STL [470 kB]768 | 3D preview |
| Gear 3 | .STL [470 kB]720 | 3D preview |
| Gear 4 | .STL [590 kB]786 | 3D preview |
| Gear 5 (need customize by axis motor) | .STL [270 kB]879 | 3D preview |
| Motor mount (need customize by motor) | .STL [314 kB]879 | 3D preview |
| Support 5mm | .STL [65 kB]828 | 3D preview |
| Support 8mm | .STL [80 kB]849 | 3D preview |
| Support 21mm | .STL [80 kB]867 | 3D preview |
| Endstop | .STL [56 kB]807 | 3D preview |
| Potentiometer gear | .STL [335 kB]848 | 3D preview |
| Potentiometer mount | .STL [140 kB]837 | 3D preview |
| Walls | .STL [1,7 MB]914 | 3D preview |
| Drawing of 4 mm aluminium plate | ||
| Top | .png  |
.dxf876 |
| Bottom | .png  |
.dxf773 |
| OpenSCAD | ||
| Source | ver 0.1941 | |
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We believe open source is a better way of doing things. View and download the OpenSCAD files. The designs are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License |
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