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This has keep me busy the last few days, its a Nut set for a tap on the underside of the bathroom sink (Faucet), I had already install one set on the cold side and this is for the hot tap.
It took a good while to design these pieces, I have just started to learn how to use Fusion 360, the threads were the hardest part, I had 3 goes getting the nut to fit onto the tap, it was like Goldilocks, the first was big, the second was to small and the third was just right, (CURA helped with a tweak)
These PLA pieces are very hard and tuff, and I used a wrench to tighten everything together, and I reckon they are stronger than the original plastic nuts that came with the taps...
I could have gone to the hardware store, but where’s the fun in that..
This has keep me busy the last few days, its a Nut set for a tap on the underside of the bathroom sink (Faucet), I had already install one set on the cold side and this is for the hot tap.
It took a good while to design these pieces, I have just started to learn how to use Fusion 360, the threads were the hardest part, I had 3 goes getting the nut to fit onto the tap, it was like Goldilocks, the first was big, the second was to small and the third was just right, (CURA helped with a tweak)
These PLA pieces are very hard and tuff, and I used a wrench to tighten everything together, and I reckon they are stronger than the original plastic nuts that came with the taps...
I could have gone to the hardware store, but where’s the fun in that..
and then ruined it with "bathroom sink" 
