Pill-splitter Pro
This object has been checked for printability, but did not pass the test and was deemed not printable. This object is still shareable and people with this link will be able to see and download the object, so please make sure you watch out and progress with care!
×Pill-splitter Pro
In this video recently uploaded by Angus Deveson on his youtube channel Maker's Muse, He showed a radial expansion mechanism like this at 6:04 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhY6hiBaP0k
This gave me an idea to design a pill-splitter using a similar mechanism combined with a spring. Normal pill-splitters fail to neatly & equally split pills all the time, at least in my experience. I think this design will put an end to that misery for everyone. I've tried my best to make this design as easy & reliable for 3d printing as possible but since I don't own a printer yet @Angus Deveson or others from the maker community will have to tweak things & figure out the optimum print settings, material and other related parameters for this print. But the kind of torture test prints he sports on his channel I think printing this will be possible for him. This design requires one shaving razor blade & a set of M4 nut-bolt to become functional. This may be usable to half or even quarter the pills of different sizes & non-circular (oval, rounded rectangle or other) pills or tablets also. I hope people see this and show interest. Please give your valuable insight & feedback, everyone.
P.S. As per the feedback of the maker community, in case this is not printable in one go like this I think I will be able to redesign as separate parts for post-print assembly.
Status | Rejected |
Support Free | YES |