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Product Designer Chris Borge 3D Printed That Fractal Vise That Can Hold Any Shape
He's posted the files to Thingiverse
Last week we showed you Steve J. Lindsay's incredible fractal vise, which can hold any shape:
In his documentation, Lindsay referenced an antique design for a fractal vise, which is probably the one restored by Hand Tool Rescue in a recent video:
Now Christopher Borge, a product designer in Adelaide, has figured out how to 3D print a fractal vise. By going over the patent drawings of the Hand Tool Rescue vise, he reverse-engineered some dimensions and took guesses at the joinery and mechanicals.
He eventually opted to go with a twin-screw design.
As you can see, it works great:
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Borge points out that it's still a work in progress, but he's posted the files to Thingiverse if you want to give it a whirl.
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Another great example of this 3d printed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfw9fd0mHg