3D printed swivel castor wheel
A swivel castor printed in plastic: a spoked wheel on a printed roller bearing, a foot brake and a screw-on base.
- What it is
- A swivel castor wheel with a foot brake
- How it is made
- Printed parts in black, grey and pink, put together by hand
- Moving parts
- The wheel, its roller bearing, the swivel and the brake pedal
What we brought
What we can do
Moving parts, printed
The wheel turns on a ring of printed rollers, the fork swivels on its base and the pedal works the brake.
How we look after you
Colour shows how it works
Each part is printed in its own colour, so the wheel, the fork, the brake and the base read at a glance.
What you get
Ready to fix in place
The black base has screw holes on its face, so the castor can be fixed under whatever it is meant to carry.
Gallery
The whole project at a glance. Drag or swipe to browse; tap a picture to enlarge it.
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The finished piece
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Spokes and rollers, from the wheel side.
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Side on, with the pedal out.
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The base, with its screw holes.
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Build and assemblyThe foot pedal and its pink catch.
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The brake catch, seen from the front.
The build
How we built it
4 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.
The brief
Step 1 of 4
- Rolls
- A spoked wheel on a ring of rollers
- Turns
- A fork that swivels on its base
- Stops
- A foot pedal with a pink brake catch
- Fixes
- A black base with screw holes
At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we made a swivel castor wheel in plastic that rolls, swivels and brakes like a bought one, on a base that screws in place.
Production
Step 2 of 4
We printed every part on our FDM printers: the black wheel, pedal and base, the grey fork and rollers, and the pink hub cap and brake catch. The open spokes are printed in, so the wheel needs no moulds.
Build and assembly
Step 3 of 4
We put the parts together by hand: the rollers in a ring inside the wheel, the wheel on the fork under its pink cap, the pedal on its pin and the fork onto its base.
The final build
Step 4 of 4
The finished castor stands on its black base, its spoked wheel turning on the grey rollers, with the pedal ready to brake it.
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