"Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
First modification for my new Prusa MK3: a serrated and slightly taller dial knob, which I personally find a bit more ergonomic than the original Prusa knob.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2792829
Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
Cool, but maybe you're missing the point of the original asymetric knob?
When you need to rotate a lot (for temperatures or also moving axes), with the original you just need to put a finger/thumb on the asymetric part and rotate, rotate, rotate (like an old rotary dial phone) !
Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
none of my Rotary dial telephones ever ever had dials that went round in circles... Lol... 😮
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Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
You guys are definitely dating yourselves by the rotary phone references ... 😀
Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
Cool, but maybe you're missing the point of the original asymetric knob?
When you need to rotate a lot (for temperatures or also moving axes), with the original you just need to put a finger/thumb on the asymetric part and rotate, rotate, rotate (like an old rotary dial phone) !
Problem is, I'm so ham-fisted that my thumb routinely slipped off the asymmetric part, as my fast rotations tended to be elliptical rather than circular in nature 😀 Also, I often skipped menu options by pushing the tab just a bit too far.
The knob is more ergonomic for me since I can rotate it like the knob of an old FM radio tuner (ok, I've dated myself here too) I would have preferred it to be even bigger (like this: 
), but obviously, the reset button is in the way 😀
Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
Problem is, I'm so ham-fisted that my thumb routinely slipped off the asymmetric part, as my fast rotations tended to be elliptical rather than circular in nature 😀
Ahhhh... I see the problem. You are using the wrong finger! Next time you are really mad at someone try using the stock dial knob again. I think you will find that that one works better. 😆
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Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
You guys are definitely dating yourselves by the rotary phone references ... 😀
hey when I was growing up we had a party line and a rotary phone.
Re: "Improved" Dial Knob for Prusa i3
We had to ask the operator to connect us.
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OK, we have a winner. 😉
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