Flower Fobs... Flower Key Fobs That Spin!
Flower Fobs... Flower Key Fobs That Spin!
3D
Published 2017-03-20T19:17:04+00:00
This small print will be popular with everyone from your Mum, Sister, Girl Friend, Aunty etc. A quick easy and unique gift idea...
There are two types... one that has the side not attached to the keys that rotates / spins freely. The other type is a simple fixed key fob (no rotation / movement) and is the .stl titles 'solid'..
Pause your print part way through to create a unique Flower Fob in the colours of choice. Approximate colour change points 'with a 1mm Raft' are:
First Change: 4mm / 48%
Second Change: 8mm / 76%
Please refer to the print settings and images for additional details and to see the result...
Flower Fobs (with Raft) only use 6gm of filament and take half an hour to print (on a Replicator 2). At standard scale a Flower fob (excl. attachment end) is 30mm in diameter.
The rotating type is a print-in-place design that does not require any automated support. A small support block has been designed in to support the Key Ring attachment. This should cut away relatively easily. Fine clearances are used so some machines may not be accurate enough to achieve a free spinning Flower Fob at standard scale. The simple solution to address this is uniformly scale it up a fraction to increase the clearances.
Note: If you like this check out all my other fun and practical designs.
Use high infill percentage to ensure this is strong and durable when attached to a key ring.
Do not use automated support. This could build structures internally so the rotating type would not rotate. The one small piece of support required has been designed in. This should snap away relatively easily after printing (refer to images provided)
Pause your print part way through to create a unique Flower Fob in the colours of choice. Approximate colour change points 'with a 1mm Raft' are:
First Change: 4mm / 48%
Second Change: 8mm / 76%
Remove raft and designed-in support block.
Just cut the raft of, snap away the designed-in support block then wiggle the two halves (of the rotating type) to free your Flower Fob to spin.
| Date published | 20/03/2017 |
| Technology | FDM |