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I was doing some bike maintenance today and wanted to disassemble my rear hub. It turned out that I needed a 12mm Allen bit for that, which I don't have. So I 3D printed one! And it worked! Torques safely to 5Nm and I only needed 4Nm for the job. Haven't tested higher torques.

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[–] gondezee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha I’m gonna print a flat socket to try my fox air cap

[–] gondezee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gondezee 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, it totally worked for the record.