Ball Bearings 608ZZ, 607ZZ, 606ZZ / Pack of 3 bearings by FelixTheWhale

FelixTheWhale

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X1 Carbon

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

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3 plates

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Description

This pack includes the following bearings on different plates:

608ZZ
607ZZ
606ZZ

While these bearings lack the strength and durability of metal bearings, but good for functional prototyping. Their design has been improved over previous version to reduce brittleness, with minimized gaps for better stability and performance.

Printed with OEM 0.4mm nozzle with PLA. I am almost sure 0.6 nozzle is too thick for this - balls will likely stick to outer and inner race.

Each model is designed with a 0.12 mm layer thickness and a peel-away sacrificial bottom layer (marked by a red arrow) to support the balls during printing, which shall be removed using a thin flat screwdriver/pin/fingernail etc.

Post print: I recommend to cycle the bearings through back and forth multiple times with moderate force to smooth out surface imperfections and disconnect balls that may have accidentally adhered.. Then apply silicon grease.

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Comment & Rating (45)

@AshOcelot

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Support design was easy to remove!

@MarFounet

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Work Perfectly

@Deploy

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Printed really well. The balls just needed a quick tweak with some tweezers to free some of them up, but now it runs smoothly.

@floridafoilers

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

beautiful print, but I cannot get it to move like a bearing should move for the life of me. This is the third bearing model I’ve printed and the other two were fine after breaking the parts loose, this model is fused together. :(

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Other Issues:moving parts fused together so that they cannot move like a print-in-place model should be able to do.

@j0chen

any ideas how durable they are when printed with pc?

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@FelixTheWhale

I can't print PC but can tell about PLA experience. used them in 2 gearboxes with 3 N*m axial torque at low (in harmonic drive and gear train) and they survived, though I believe they will not withstand both high RPM with high load

@TOYSrROYS

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Coole Sache 😊😅👍

@CrypticLyfe

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

They came out great and once loosened up and greased up they roll surprisingly well. Just make sure you give them a good breaking in first 👍 Thank you for the print 💪

@DevilWitness

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

This profile works much better than the last one. Good model and good profile. The balls get a little bit stuck. Perhaps due to the cheap filament I used. 5 starts definitely.

@dirkgently42

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

One of the best printed bearings I have tested

@Rollo_Wolf

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0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Pretty cool! I only wish the individual ball bearings could be a little more spherical and smooth! None the less, once the thin support is removed from the bottom and maybe a small bit of material from a few of the individual ball bearings was cut off with some flush cutters I was impressed that these actually work and that it was possible to print bearings like these! Super nice work! 👌🏻