3D printing a replacement handle – PART 1

Matt Donley3D Printing, Tips & Tricks

In this video, I’ll show you how I designed a replacement handle for a trailer jack wrench using SketchUp. I use the Follow Me tool to extrude a profile around a circle to create the final model. You’ll learn some workflow tips as well to preserve the various stages of your design, and how to extract parts of it for test printing.

LINKS

MendelMax 3
http://www.makerstoolworks.com

CURA slicing and printing software (FREE) https://www.mastersketchup.com/cura

STL plugin
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

Solid Inspector
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/solid-inspector%C2%B2

Keyboard shortcuts
/double-speed-sketchup/

3D printing plugins for SketchUp
/best-3d-printing-plugins-for-sketchup/