{"id":5637,"date":"2018-02-12T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2024-02-02T09:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:37:25","slug":"3d-printed-rc-hex-to-lego-hub-adapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/12\/3d-printed-rc-hex-to-lego-hub-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed RC Hex to LEGO Hub Adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5664 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"239\" \/>After building\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/01\/blucrawler-lego-rock-crawler-with-btbox-bluetooth-controller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BluCrawler<\/a>, I wanted to see what other possibilities there were with builds using RC crawler tires.\u00a0 LEGO is not there yet with similar tires (closest are the Claas Xerion tires &#8211; but they are not crawler tires).\u00a0 Anyway, it&#8217;s challenging to mate a LEGO hub to an RC tire.\u00a0 There are aftermarket adapters out there, but they are expensive, so I decided to design and print my own.<\/p>\n<p>The STL file is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/pbstuffco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my Etsy shop<\/a>.\u00a0 Samples below printed on a LulzBot Mini, 60% infill, no supports.\u00a0 Depending on your printer tolerances and output quality, you may need to drill out the pin holes.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_4553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5663 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_4553-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" 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