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I remixed this project found on thingiverse and adjusted some shapes that were not printable. The profile used in Bambu studio is the default 0.08mm Extra fine profile with the following modifications: walls: 4 infill: gyroid 15% Copy of the description from the original designer jhoward679 : Summary this is a wip. i will be tweaking and adding files and information as i go. any comments questions or suggestions are welcome. these are a set of "precision" tools that are printable. WARNING: do not scale this project it will mess up the measurements. if something does not fit on your build platform you can either copy my original from tinker cad and adjust it to fit, or ask and i can see if i can break up the sets into smaller sets to accommodate. i am new to 3d printing having just built my kit last month and just started to design a few weeks after that, so any hints tips or advice is more than welcome. constructive criticism helps me construct better. after i built my 3d printer it took all of 3 seconds before the kids in my family wanted in. i am more than happy to share and teach, however i start to get teary eyed at the thought my expensive precision tools being destroyed by hyperactive 6 year old. being a tinkerer i have a large set of precision tools and know the importance of "the right tool for the job". i have also had more than one tool broken by someone abusing it because they didn't know how to use it properly or didn't care to. so now i can print a set for each kid, then they can all learn how to use them and start in on their own projects! and my tools can live for at least one more day! so far i have a set of feeler gauges designed for mm and inch. and a hole gauge set in the same. a 6 in simple ruler inch/centimeter with a v-block to help hold round objects in the center for marking. a set of simple calipers in cm and inch. a fillet gauge in mm and inch with convex and concave ends. a speed bevel to mark or measure angles quickly. more tools will be included in the final set. i hope that they enable people who are starting off in 3d printing and design to be able to have a precision tool set that is adequate for design and testing of their projects and machines. nothing replaces a quality set of durable precision instruments hence the quotation marks around precision in the title however this printable set should serve as a working set until better tools can be acquired, or may serve as a permanent set/loner set. plus its always nice to be able to simply reprint a broken or lost tool. Thanks to jbeegs30 for the correction on the inch gauge and the file upload. this set can easly save you at least $100. steel calipers ~ $10 fillet gauge mm ~ $15 fillet gauge in ~ $15 feeler gauge mm ~ $15 and usually not in the sizes we would use for 3d printing feeler gauge in ~ $15 and usually not in the sizes we would use for 3d printing hole gauge set mm ~ $ 20 $10 each hole gauge set in ~ $ 20 $10 each total ~$110 Print Settings Printer: Hictop Prusa i3 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .1 mm Infill: 30 Notes: print using the highest resolution settings that your machine can do. the print will take a lot longer, however it will result in a more precise tool with more durability. print with a brim for all of the files except the feeler gauges. Post-Printing post print finishing is needed to get the most out of the tools a good amount of finishing is required. any places on the prints that have any stringing or rough/uneven surfaces should be lightly sanded with a high grit sand paper 200+. for the feeler and fillet gauges i simply threaded a piece of string through the holes in the prints and tied a loop in the string so i can hang them over the workbench. leave enough slack in the line so that you can easily separate one of the tools from the others in the set. remember that if you dont have any tools to check an item with known measurements t How I Designed This how to i designed the tools in this set on tinkercad. links to the individual files will be added over time. you can click the links to tinker cad and undo/disassemble any of the sets to see how it was done. Printable "Precision" Measuring Tools project name Printable "Precision" Measuring Tools. a collection of tools that can be used for calibration and testing of your printer and to use as a set of tools for measuring when designing a project. Overview & Background hopefully by completing this project you will learn about printer calibration, testing and bed leveling, then by printing your own set of precision printing tools you can learn how to use them properly and be able to recreate a simple object in as a 3d model. Objectives by participating in this build students will learn what the different types of precision tools are and how to use them to recreate an object of their choice as a model and print it. they should be encouraged to choose simple models but can tackle harder challenges if they wish.(start shameless plug) even a Sphero or