Often I found myself needing thumbscrews on my projects, and since M3-M6 are my most common used sizes i deceided to make myself some:
The thumbscrews are designed for socket head screws and use a nut in the compartment on the underside to connect them securely together.
Depending on your printer you might need supports in the cavity that holds the nut for the normal/first version, but it have been printed fine without if you place the nut side up.
I have also taken inspiration from JW693Ds suggestion and added a version with a punch trough layer of bridging if you have problems printing the normal one without support. That version is to be printed with the round hole facing the buildplate.
It uses uses only about 1 gram of filament and prints in 10-15 minutes dependin on size . (About 25 minutes ish total if printing the spacer at the same time)
I have also included a spacer for where that is needed, or to simply hide a bit of threads. The length of this can be adjusted by changing the prints Z-size in your slicer.
Credits:
Elothan
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