I’m a hobbyist and I started using SketchUp to start modeling some designs I have that I want to build. I have the basics down and have been able to create simple designs and print them out to my 3D printer. I’m trying to create the threading for a tube that I can connect to a common garden hose (both male and female). I found some tutorials, but WAY out of my abilities. Does anyone know of an existing model I can use? Ideally, it would be a single piece of tubing with male on one end and female on the other. Any suggestions?
Check out some of these resources:
Helical forms - spirals, screw threads and more
If in doubt - search the forum first.
By doing a quick search on 3D Warehouse - I found a few models here.
You might try this model … it uses US standard garden hose threads and is suitable for 3D printing:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=u82f91e41-bdbc-46fb-8ba2-e7216cf5da77
The MakerBot slicer seems to be happy with it:
[edit] After playing around with the orientation in MakerBot, it seems to have some difficulty with the way each planar thread “end” co-exists with the next planar thread “beginning” (i.e., two faces fighting each other). I recreated the threads as single ploygon mesh surfaces and the issue went away. The newer version can be found here:
BTW, the Shapeways print site had no problem with the original version:
Looks exactly what I am looking for. Where can I download?
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Never mind, I found it! Thanks again.
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