Alright...you guys build a printer requireing these,

3D Printing HercuLien and Eustathios
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Alright…you guys build a printer requireing these, and I’ll buy you some washers!

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I know many people who swear by these. They say they are the only locknuts that actually work. Thanks for posting the link.

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We use these a lot in oil and gas. Several advantages, one is the solid continuity between two members. Great product.

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I know of several ‘niche’ connectors…it’d just be cool to see a printer that is either large enough, or has enough vibration, to require them. :slight_smile:

Stage8 us another kinda cool fastener: http://www.stage8.com/

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Thanks for posting!

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Yeah, I use them at work in hydraulics subjected to fluid hammer and turbulent flow vibration… They’re immune to certain extreme types of vibrations that will loosen everything else. Complete ridiculous overkill for 3D printers though. Nylon locknuts or blue Loctite are 100% adequate for what we’re doing in printers.

My opinion, if the connection isn’t important enough to calculate a torque and use a torque wrench, it’s not important enough to spend money on Nord-locks. Just add more bolts and snug them up tight and it’ll hold fine.

It’s definitely true that every other kind of lock-washer is garbage. Split ring washers are actually worse than nothing.