HOW THE HELL YOU MAKE BALL JOINTS

[crystal locust]

I am new to 3d print, how to make 3d ball joints work? I want to make transformers figure, and i want to make some good joints, Or is there some already done good ball joints that can i import?

[wintry dirge]

Model Repos:

• Thingiverse -- huge back catalog, was bad, got better
• Printables -- Prusa's alternative to Thingiverse
• Makerworld -- Bambu's Printables clone
• MyMiniFactory -- focuses on minis and subscriptions
• Youmagine -- MyMiniFactory brand for paid RC models
• Pinshape
• GrabCAD -- lots of real world models
• cgtrader
• Thangs
• Yeggi -- model search engine
• STL Finder -- model search engine
• 3D Search -- model search engine
• 3Drop -- model search engine

(Cults3d deleted due to irregularities paying out to creators. Buyer (and seller) beware!)

?modelrepos requested by: m.von.d

[idle plinth]

There are probably hundreds of ball joints available that you could implement

[crystal locust]

I cant find any good for figures, and i dont really know how to implement them with movement

I try to learn from Youtube videos, and use special plugins, but they are outdated or dont work for some reason

[idle plinth]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5896044

For example

[crystal locust]

So for example, if I make this, after 3d printing, I have to snap these 2 parts and this will work?

[idle plinth]

Well maybe, I would do a few test prints at least. I assume resin?