xyRepRap/lib/tslot.scad

//(C) Nathan Zadoks 2011
//CC-BY-SA or GPLv2, pick your poison.

// retrieved from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11142

module tslot(
	size=10,	//size of each side
	length=10,	//length. descriptive enough, no?
	thickness=3,	//thickness of the 'sheet'
	gap=0,		//gap, thickness of the lower part of the 'T'
	center=false,	//somewhat vague. todo.
	nut=false,	//set to true to make a fitting T-slot nut
){
	start=thickness/sqrt(2);
	if(nut){
		linear_extrude(height=10)
		intersection(){
			polygon([[size/2-gap/2,0],[size/2-gap/2,thickness],[thickness+start,thickness],[size/2,size/2-2],[size-thickness-start,thickness],[size/2+gap/2,thickness],[size/2+gap/2,0]]);
			square([size,size/2-(gap+thickness)/2]);
		}
	}	
	else{
		color([0.5,0.5,0.5])
		linear_extrude(height=length,center=center)
		translate([15,15])
		difference(){
			union(){
				for(d=[0:3]) rotate([0,0,d*90]) polygon(points=[
					[0,0],
					[0,start],[size/2-thickness-start,size/2-thickness],[gap/2,size/2-thickness],[gap/2,size/2],
					[size/2,size/2],[size/2,gap/2],[size/2-thickness,gap/2],[size/2-thickness,size/2-thickness-start],[start,0]
				]);
				square(gap+thickness,center=true);
			}
			circle(r=gap/2,center=true);
		}
	}
}
module tslot20(length,nut){
	tslot(size=20,gap=5.26,thickness=1.5,length=length,nut=nut);
}
module tslot30(length,nut){
	tslot(size=30,gap=8.13,thickness=2.55,length=length,nut=nut);
}

module tslot20_2040(length,nut){
	union(){
		tslot20(length,nut);
		translate([0,20,0])
		tslot20(length,nut);
	}
}
module tslot30_3060(length,nut){
	union(){
		tslot30(length,nut);
		translate([0,30,0])
		tslot30(length,nut);
	}
}