Hamster Wheel with 608ZZ bearings by Reddrop

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is a hamster wheel I designed, it is very easy to print and assemble, in total there are 4 printed parts and then you need some nuts and bolts listed below:
4x wood screw 3*15L
1x M8 threaded rod 90mm long.
3x M8 nut
2x speed ring.
1x 8mm ID and 11mm long spacer. (between the bearings)
I did fill the sockets where the M8 rod rests with some epoxy to keep it in place.
The assembly of the base is pretty straight forward.
The bearings can be pressed into the wheel with the 11mm spacer in between them.
Slide the rod through the bearings and put 1 nut and 1 speedring at the closed side of the wheel. Leave approx. 10mm sticking out from the nut.
Put another speedring on the rod on the open side of the wheel, then put on 2 nuts so they lock eachother. You could use 1 nut and loctite as well.
You're done! Just place the two ends of the rod in the socket on the vertical stands and glue them in to place so they can't move.