• Models
  • Contests
  • Slicer
  • Login
  • Start Here
    thingiverse-iconprintables-iconcults3d-iconmakerworld-iconmyminifactory-icon

    3D GO

    3D ModelsContestsCollectionsSaved ModelsOn a mobile device?

3D GO

Privacy Policy
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Image 1
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Image 2
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Image 3
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Image 4
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Image 5
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Thumbnail 1
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Thumbnail 2
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Thumbnail 3
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Thumbnail 4
Drag chain link 3D Printer File Thumbnail 5

Drag chain link

MTO avatarMTO

July 10, 2019

thingiverse-icon
DescriptionCommentsTags

Description

I have some drag chain for my laser cutter, and the length I had was too short. Rather than order another meter and wait for it to take a slow boat from China, I re-created the design in OpenSCAD and printed a dozen links. 1 hour to design, 4 to print.
The chain I started with was purchased here: https://www.banggood.com/10-x-10mm-Plastic-Cable-Drag-Chain-Wire-Carrier-Length-1000mm-With-End-Connectors-For-CNC-p-995511.html

I printed in PLA, 0.3mm layer height with 20% infill, full support. In Prusa Slicer, this is "draft", but it's totally adequate for my purposes. The little tab that limits how far the chain can bend needs to be modified a bit, since it won't allow the chain to lie flat. For me, it was faster to just take the links to a belt sander and remove about 1mm than to fix the model and reprint. A fixed but untested version of the model is in link_fixed.scad for the adventurous.

License:

Creative Commons - Attribution

Related Models

bakercube preview image

bakercube

iomaa profile image

iomaa

44,391

Rock Solid Milling Machine v.09 preview image

Rock Solid Milling Machine v.09

Chris Borge profile image

Chris Borge

4,354

BETTER CAT40 CNC TOOL TAG preview image

BETTER CAT40 CNC TOOL TAG

Engineerable profile image

Engineerable

89

DIY Dremel CNC preview image

DIY Dremel CNC

NikodemBartnik profile image

NikodemBartnik

29,122

Case for CNC Kitchen Threaded Inserts Soldering Tips preview image

Case for CNC Kitchen Threaded Inserts Soldering Tips

CNC Kitchen profile image

CNC Kitchen

1,131

Customizable Christmas Hat Ornaments - Keychain preview image

Customizable Christmas Hat Ornaments - Keychain

Bloomly profile image

Bloomly

305

Mostly Printed CNC "MPCNC"  BURLY C-23.5mm OD preview image

Mostly Printed CNC "MPCNC" BURLY C-23.5mm OD

Allted profile image

Allted

17,597

Mostly Printed CNC Primo F-25mm MPCNC preview image

Mostly Printed CNC Primo F-25mm MPCNC

V1 Engineering profile image

V1 Engineering

607