Spinning Star Circle Ornament Or Fidget Spinner
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<hr /> Note : This is a duplicate of a design I had uploaded a few days earlier, but which had some technical issues that reuploading fixed. I deleted the original Thing. I apologize for any confusion while I straightened it out.<br /><br/> You can also check out a slightly different version of this design: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4695537">Spinning Star Circle Ornament 2. </a> It is similar to the hanging versions of the ornaments on this Thing design, except all rings spin on the same axis which makes it look a little more like a traditional Ball Ornament when they are fanned out. <hr /> While I was looking for an ornament model to print, I found some designs I liked, but they did not exactly fit what I wanted, so I made my own. After I printed one, I was pleasantly surprised with how freely the rings spin, which makes it a pretty great fidget spinner too. (There are more than enough designs for those out there, but I felt it's worth mentioning.) This is a gyroscopic concentric ring design with multiple axes of rotation. It's easy to print, even if your printer isn't perfectly calibrated. The designs take a lot less time to print than similar designs I saw, probably because of the space between the rings. It is print-in-place, so no assembly is required, and it should work as soon as you take it off the print bed, with no need for post-processing. I designed this from scratch in OpenSCAD, but I drew a lot of inspiration from <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:207632">Yet Another Gyroscopic Christmas Ornament</a> by marcoalici. I'm including 4 versions (2 sizes, with and without the top hanger). I am hoping to make this basic design a customizable Thing soon, so that people can make their own version of the ornament/spinner, but I don't know that it will be ready by this Christmas. I am including the .scad file for the 6 ring version that includes the hanging hook, and you can make the others by changing the proper variables. I made the design highly configurable. If you customize the code and want to share the model or code, that's great, but please give credit. I printed in standard PLA with normal settings, no raft, no supports. The dual color examples are printed on a single extruder machine by swapping filament colors halfway through the print. If anyone has ideas they would like to see added to this design, let me know. I welcome all feedback and would love to see makes or remixes. Merry Christmas!
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