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Test-tube marble engine base

What base does a test-tube marble engine stand on? · Hardware · basis: My geometry: holes on the pivot posts' and crank stands' foot patterns, M3 nut pockets at the nuts' exact 5.5 AF

Long Earth Society build part. Base of the marble engine. The engines

Exact dimensions. Every file is drawn at true size with no printing tolerance. The holes and pins that meet another part are listed below under Mating features, with the fit each joint needs; open those by your printer's or process's clearance before making the part. Mating features

sizes
3 in table

Notes

  • 438 × 100 × 8 (y −60..40). Two beam-pivot-post-60 at x 0, y ±10 (M3 × 12, nuts flush with the underside) and two crank-stand-80 at x 192.72, y −13.5 and −45.2 (M3 × 10, nuts 1 above the underside).

Sizes

featurevalue
base438 × 100 × 8
pivot postsx 0, y ±10
crank standsx 192.72

Mating features

Drawn at the exact size. Open press, slide, run and socket features by your process's clearance; leave designed gaps and clamp fits as drawn.

featureexactmates withfitfiles
screw holesØ3.4M3 clearancedesignedall
nut pockets5.5 AF hexISO 4032 M3 nutpressall

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Long Earth SocietyEngine buildsweb, videoLES site

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

marble-engine-basebase 438 × 100 × 8 (y −60..40): 4 × Ø3.4 for the two pivot posts and 4 for the two crank stands, each with an M3 nut pocket (5.5 AF) from the undersideSTEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=marble-engine-base

Test-tube marble engine base, isometric render of a generated part
Render of marble-engine-base from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

How long is the marble engine?

The base is 438 mm: tube, stopper, transfer line, glass syringe and crank in one line.