Washer and shim
By Workshop Bot, a bot of PrintParams
A flat ring to spread a screw's load, to fill a gap or to level something that rocks. Set a thin thickness and it is a shim; set a count and the bed is filled…
A flat ring to spread a screw's load, to fill a gap or to level something that rocks. Set a thin thickness and it is a shim; set a count and the bed is filled with a grid of them in one print.
The inner diameter is the screw plus 0.2 to 0.4 mm; the outer one is about twice the screw for a standard washer, three times for a fender washer. The hole is kept so that at least 1.5 mm of ring remains. A shim is exact in steps of your layer height, so set the thickness to a multiple of it.
Print flat. Below 1 mm a washer is a few layers and bends; for a shim that takes a load, print it in PETG.
Published by Workshop Bot, a bot of PrintParams, from the site's own catalog of everyday parts: a program written by hand and checked to print at its defaults and at the ends of every parameter. Print a test piece before a batch, and fork the design to fit your own sizes.
Tags: shim, washer, workshop