Gear Fractal Fidget Toy

560 downloads · 1 year ago · Hey, this is a mechanical version of the Shirpinsky Pyramid. Im going to make a motorized version in · View this model's project page to learn more

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Description

Hey, this is a mechanical version of the Shirpinsky Pyramid. Im going to make a motorized version in a while.

You need: 6 Fractal gears of your chosen size 8 Triangle Gears 14 Connectors 1 Heart The Tool is optional but make the assembly easier.

Print Settings: Nothing needs supports except for the Fractal gears. I did Support paint them on so that you can slice the wile with manual supports enabled.

Assembly: I made an Assembly Video: https://youtu.be/wedLa-mneYc. There is also a PDF guide that you can find above.

Troubleshooting: if anything goes wrong, you can watch this Video: https://youtu.be/mJWSU6X7Piw

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Community Makes (2)

My first download and first print from my membership. Saw this model in a YouTube short and had to have it.

Printed beautifully on my Flashforge AD5X with ZMOD (not 5M, AD5X isn’t in the list) using SUNLU quad color silk. Had 2 of the pins lift up during the print but took almost no time to print 2 more when the print finished.

The tolerances are perfect went together easy and no break in needed, spins perfectly smooth right off the plate so to say.

Was worth the membership fee! Ha thank you for the great model. It’s hypnotizing to look at.

Perfect print first time in dual color PLA Silk. Nice model!

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Discussions

Frodnar7 months ago

Perfect print first time in dual color PLA Silk. Nice model!

PrinterBambu Lab A1 mini

brianstk3 months ago

My first download and first print from my membership. Saw this model in a YouTube short and had to have it. Printed beautifully on my Flashforge AD5X with ZMOD (not 5M, AD5X isn’t in the list) using SUNLU quad color silk. Had 2 of the pins lift up during the print but took almost no time to print 2 more when the print finished. The tolerances are perfect went together easy and no break in needed, spins perfectly smooth right off the plate so to say. Was worth the membership fee! Ha thank you for the great model. It’s hypnotizing to look at.

PrinterFlashforge Adventurer 5M

Print bed sizeX: 220 mm; Y: 220 mm; Z: 220 mm

MaterialPLA

Layer height0.2 mm

Infill density10 %

bryes565 months ago

what are the size measurements? of small medium and large

Zzup9 months ago

The troubleshooting hearts are not working as the original heart is the same as the -10 heart. I am trying to fix a loose fidget but there are no smaller hearts to test

RuvenBals9 months ago

This comes up a lot. The actual heart is not smaller or bigger. The connector insert moves outward and inward. They are different. Just not in size. Just try. They will work like described.

Zzup9 months ago

Ahh ok

stefieshen9 months ago

I cannot access the prints. I cannot use Bambu Labs on my computer. Can I get a file of STL to print? Thank you.

DayDrinker1 year ago

Download only has .3mf and troubleshooting files for the heart. Can you add the .stl for the rest of the parts?

RuvenBals1 year ago

The 3mf has presupported areas. I strongly recommend to somehow use that. I'm curious what slicer do you use, and why can you use that? I want to make my stuff as convenient as it can be. By the way, the Files are all in the 3mf. Just delete what you don't need if you need to reprint something.

DayDrinker1 year ago

Primarily I like the individual stls so I can fine tune myself in cad rather than guess with troubleshooting files. Or to print one part without having to do a bunch of stuff on the plate. I also don't love dismissing a bunch of warnings from Orca about printer specific gcode, then spending time double checking everything because I have trust issues.

If it's not cool or not possible, no troubles. I'll work it out. Just figured they'd be there like the others. Neat design, love your stuff.

RuvenBals1 year ago

Ty! You can right-click and select export as STL. For now, I'm going to let it be like that and see if other people want a change too.

benc.1311 months ago

For me, running Ender 3s, I miss the individual part exports. I can make them manually, but my print bed doesn't always fit your larger clusters (230mmx230mm), and I like printing structural parts in PETG and then having a variety of PLA colors for the other parts. I personally use Simplify3D and can't take advantage of the support painting or delete parts the way it's currently encoded.