RE: More Adventures in 3D Printing!
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I don't have any experience in 3D printing yet. If given the chance, I would love to print mechanical gears or mechanisms, home decors and cute little toys for the kids.
The octopus looks awesome.
Thanks for sharing.
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Have you looked into the CAD design process for your own clockwork mechanisms? Drawing your own involute gear teeth is complicated, but feasible. I was over-ambutuous in my drafting final, but I made a system of gears and levers to lift marbles up a series of stepped pistons and 3D printed a prototype. The tolerances for moving parts and printer a accuracy can cause problems, but when it works right, it's awesome technology.
Clockwork mechanisms? That's a lot of gears. I will probably start with simpler ones like toy cars. 😊
There are some complicated models on Thingiverse for automatic transmissions, gear-driven clocks, and more.