Comment on I Designed a 3D Printable Balisong Knife
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 months agoTwo pins go through the notches in it. It’s not going anywhere.
That green one is my initial prototype and I’ve been pretty much continuously fidgeting with it at my desk since I printed it maybe two weeks ago. I have flipped it open and shut probably a couple of thousand times by now – no exaggeration – and the blade hasn’t budged.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is there like a lip or ridge on the top too that prevents the blade from flying backwards while flipping?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It rides in a track that encloses the top and bottom edges by a couple of mm.
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The rear has an end stop, also. It can’t fly in any direction, and the only way it’s going any time soon is out the front if you press down the flexture that has the locking pins on it.