creepy-hand/creepy-hand-split.scad

   1 // Simple openscad program to split the creepy hand so larger creepy
   2 // hands can be made, or just so the hand can be removed to make it
   3 // easier to put things on the hand.
   4
   5 // Copyright (c) 2019 Clinton Ebadi <clinton@unknownlamer.org>, GPLv3
   6 // or at your option any later version.
   7
   8 // Can be used to split other things: just load whatever geometry you
   9 // want and ensure the spot you want to split it at is centered on the
  10 // origin.
  11
  12 // Creepy hand from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8174 by whosawhatsis, used with permission (CC BY)
  13 // Modified by centering it on the origin (no actual changes)
  14 // Defaults are for #10 threaded rod (hardware store doesn't sell metric rod here)
  15 split_thing (part_spacing = 100, spacing = 25, bottom = false) {
  16       scale ([2, 2, 2]) translate ([-2, 3, 0]) rotate ([0, 0, 40]) translate ([0, 0, 10]) import ("hand-centered.stl");
  17 }
  18
  19 // TODO:
  20
  21 // - allow setting a z offset percentage to shift holes more into upper
  22 //   or lower piece
  23
  24 default_rod_d = 5.1; // loose fit on #10 threaded rod
  25 default_depth = 20;
  26 default_position_depth = 10;
  27 default_spacing = 20;
  28 max_model_dim = 1000;
  29
  30 $fa = 1;
  31 $fs = 1;
  32
  33 // place child object, will be split on plane at z = 0
  34 module split_thing (top = true, bottom = true, rod_d = default_rod_d, depth = default_depth, position_depth = default_position_depth, spacing = default_spacing, part_spacing = 50) {
  35      module rod_mount () {
  36           module rod () {
  37                translate ([-spacing/2, 0, 0]) cylinder (d=rod_d, h=depth);
  38                translate ([spacing/2, 0, 0]) cylinder (d=rod_d, h=depth);
  39                translate ([0, -spacing/4, 0]) cylinder (d=rod_d, h=depth);
  40                translate ([0, spacing/4, 0]) cylinder (d=rod_d, h=depth);
  41           }
  42
  43           rod ();
  44           mirror ([0, 0, 1]) rod();
  45      }
  46
  47      module whole () {
  48           difference () {
  49                union () { children (); }
  50                rod_mount ();
  51           }
  52      }
  53
  54      if (top) {
  55           intersection () {
  56                whole () children ();
  57                translate ([-max_model_dim/2,-max_model_dim/2, 0]) cube (max_model_dim);
  58           }
  59      }
  60      if (bottom) {
  61           translate ([top ? part_spacing : 0, 0, 0]) {
  62                rotate ([180, 0, 0]) {
  63                     intersection () {
  64                          rotate ([0, 0, 0]) whole () children ();
  65                          mirror ([0, 0, 1]) translate ([-max_model_dim/2,-max_model_dim/2, 0]) cube (max_model_dim);
  66                     }
  67                }
  68           }
  69      }
  70
  71 }
  72
  73 //split_thing (part_spacing = 50, depth = 7, position_depth = 4, spacing = 12) {
  74 //     translate ([-2, 2, 0]) rotate ([0, 0, 40]) translate ([0, 0, 10]) import ("hand-centered_preview.stl");
  75 //     cylinder (d=30, h=40, center=true);
  76 //     /*rotate ([0, 0, 40])*/ scale ([2, 2, 2]) import ("hand-centered_preview.stl");
  77 //      scale ([2, 2, 2]) rotate ([0, 0, 40]) translate ([0, 0, 10]) import ("hand-centered_preview.stl");
  78 //}
  79