Front wheel raiser 4x Ball

Intro

This is my newest version of my front wheel raiser for cycling on an indoor trainer.

My main goals, I wanted to achieve, for this are:

• get the bike level because I have also raised my trainer with a Tennisball mount

• as I use Tennisballs on my trainer, for the feel, I wanted the same feel also on the front wheel

• special to this version I wanted to remove any support requirement, as some seem to print my older versions in vertical orientation, which I don't think is optimal, just to don't use support, as this could lead to much easier snapping of the part, because of layer orientation

• differents to my old version

  • mounted on 4 instead of 3 balls

  • wheel is now centered on the raiser

Special Notes:

• I highly advise to lock your front brake or use any other way to protect your wheel from rotating, otherwise it will rotate of the raiser!

  • as shown on one of my pictures, I used a velcro cable tie, easy to apply and to remove

• Also in my pictures I don't show the raiser_tpu_ball_holder, as I use a silicon mat, as I only use my trainer for endurance rides, because of this I never had any issues that the wheel slipped of the raiser

Filaments:

• PETG - for the main body

• (optional) TPU (60A or 70A) - for raiser_tpu_ball_holder, it needs to be grippy to hold the balls in position

Printed Parts:

Special Print Instructions:

•  raiser_4ball_(xxx)

  •  PETG

    • use strong infill pattern, e.g. Gyroid - 10%-20%

    • 2-3 walls

    • layer height depends on your nozzle, I would suggest:

      • 0.4mm nozzle - 0.28mm layer height

      • 0.6mm nozzle - 0.32mm layer height

    • support (for cosmetic only)

      • enable support on build plate

      • set overhang threshold to 30%

      • support style: snug

•  (optional) raiser_tpu_ball_holder

  •  TPU/TPE

    • apply rough fuzzy skin to the dents for the balls not to tall

Non-Printed Parts:

•  4 regular sized Tennisballs