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* Include assembly time estimate
* Include assembly time estimate
* Including drawings or pictures of the device at stage of assembly at minimum. (http://www.appropedia.org/Special:Upload)
* Including drawings or pictures of the device at stage of assembly at minimum. (http://www.appropedia.org/Special:Upload)
# Using your 3D printer, print out the attached [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4022729 thingiverse] files
1. Using your 3D printer, print out the attached [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4022729 thingiverse] files
*Print 1x Goniometer_base, 1x Goniometer_spinner, 2x Goniometer_extend
* Print 1x gen_base_01.stl, 1x geniometer_spinner_01.stl, 2x goniometer_extend.stl
* Total print time estimate: 40min
   Print Settings:
   Print Settings:
   Resolution: 0.3 mm
   Resolution: 0.3 mm
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   Print speed: 20mm/s edges, 40 mm/s infill
   Print speed: 20mm/s edges, 40 mm/s infill
   Infill: 20%
   Infill: 20%
  Retraction: ON, Z-hop: ON, Skirt: ON
    
    
2. Using the scissors, cut the small piece of paper to fit inside the rounded portion of the printed part (gen_base_01.stl). This will serve as the angular scale for the goniometer.
3. Snap the printed parts (gen_base_01.stl) and (geniometer_spinner_01.stl) together through the centers of the rounded portion. They should be aligned so that when the handles are pointing in opposite directions, their long straight edges align.
4.


# Consider video if appropriate
# Consider video if appropriate

Revision as of 16:22, 5 December 2019

3D Printable Goniometer

Project developed by Eric Houck, Houcke

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Abstract

Goniometers are simple devices used to measure the angular range of motion of human limbs. It is common for doctors to monitor the muscular recovery and rehabilitation of a patient using a goniometer. They are not expensive, however they are flimsy and break easily. A 3D printed goniometer can be more durable than a commercial one. Additionally, one may not always have a goniometer handy. Being a relatively simple device, a goniometer prints very quickly and cheaply. Typically, a doctor will use a goniometer to measure the range of motion of a patient. However, with the 3D printed version being so extremely cheap, patients can be provided their own goniometers to monitor their own range of motion, thus reducing expensive doctor's visits.

Goniometer3Dprint.jpg

Bill of Materials

Provide a full BOM -- Materials needed for fabrication of device and alternative materials if they are not available, prices/sources of non-printable parts

  1. Printed parts on Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4022729 (Cost: 16 cents total filament use)
  2. Pencil (Cost: <$1.00 to purchase, however they are very common and can be borrowed at no cost)
  3. Small piece of paper (Cost: Take from recycling/garbage. This should be found for free with no issues)

Tools needed for fabrication of the OSAT

  1. MOST Delta RepRap or similar RepRap 3-D printer
  2. Paper
  3. Pencil
  4. Straightedge
  5. Protractor
  6. Scissors

Skills and Knowledge Necessary to Make the OSAT

  • Minor scissor skills to make the paper slip with the angle measurements

Technical Specifications and Assembly Instructions

  • Provide directions for print/assembly - be detailed enough in your “how to” to ensure that someone could construct the device from your description. Consider the elegance of IKEA like instructions.
  • Include print time estimate
  • Include assembly time estimate
  • Including drawings or pictures of the device at stage of assembly at minimum. (http://www.appropedia.org/Special:Upload)

1. Using your 3D printer, print out the attached thingiverse files

  • Print 1x gen_base_01.stl, 1x geniometer_spinner_01.stl, 2x goniometer_extend.stl
  • Total print time estimate: 40min
 Print Settings:
 Resolution: 0.3 mm
 Temperature: 205 C
 Material: PLA
 Print speed: 20mm/s edges, 40 mm/s infill
 Infill: 20%
 Retraction: ON, Z-hop: ON, Skirt: ON
 

2. Using the scissors, cut the small piece of paper to fit inside the rounded portion of the printed part (gen_base_01.stl). This will serve as the angular scale for the goniometer. 3. Snap the printed parts (gen_base_01.stl) and (geniometer_spinner_01.stl) together through the centers of the rounded portion. They should be aligned so that when the handles are pointing in opposite directions, their long straight edges align. 4.


  1. Consider video if appropriate
Example video summary of textbook
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Common Problems and Solutions

  • The male end of the circular snap fitting can turn out poorly if the print speed is too high. I used a maximum of 40 mm/s

Cost savings

  • If your solution is not a low cost one then it is not really appropriate.
  1. Estimate your costs
  2. Find a commercial equivalent, cite it and put the [url in square brackets]
  3. Calculate $ savings and % savings

Benefited Internet Communities

  • Name and add links to at least 5 using single brackets around [url name]

References

  • The sources of information (e.g. engineering handbooks, journal articles, government documents, webpages, books, magazine articles etc.). References should use the <ref> </ref> and <references/> tags and can be in any format but should include all the information necessary for someone else to find the same information you did. For example: [1]
  1. web page: Department of Energy (DOE) Landscaping and Energy Efficiency, DOE/GO-10095 (1995) Available: http://www.eren.doe.gov/erec/factsheets/landscape.html

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