Print in Place Planetary Gear Spinner

Print in Place Planetary Gear Spinner

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X1 Carbon
P1S
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X1
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A1
A1 mini

Heavy outer ring
Heavy outer ring
Designer
2.6 h
1 plate
4.8(459)

Light outer ring
Light outer ring
Designer
1.5 h
1 plate
4.8(376)

A1 Mini - Light Outer Ring
A1 Mini - Light Outer Ring
1.8 h
1 plate
4.8(97)

OPTIMIZED - PLANETARY SPINNER
OPTIMIZED - PLANETARY SPINNER
1.6 h
1 plate
4.8(84)
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Description

Print-in-place planetary gear spinner. Spins freely straight off the plate.

 

I set up two print profiles for this model:
Heavy outer ring - prints using 43g of filament to make the outer ring heavier. This gives it a bit more inertia, but feels heavier in the hand.

Light outer ring - prints using 29g of filament. Feels lightweight in the hand and prints faster, but doesn't have as much inertia.

 

Both spin great - I'd say pick the print profile based on how you want it to feel in the hand.

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Print Profile
Heavy outer ring
Works perfectly right off the print plate. No stuck parts what so ever. The only change I made to the original profile was to change the infill pattern for the outer ring to Archimedean and that cut down the print time to 1h30m.
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That's a great tip! Thanks!
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Light outer ring
Nice print. A little bit too much tolerance between the parts I think
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agree
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did the print not finish or is one side supposed to be infill?
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Afraid it looks like your print didn't finish. It should be closed on both sides. Nozzle clog maybe?
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Replying to @Hamstah :
that’s what I thought. not sure what happened. I’ll have to try the print again. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Heavy outer ring
Great profile, though it feels as if there is a bit more play to the gears than expected. But that might be intended
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do they feel a bit loose? I printed the optimized version and the gears move a bit more than I'd like with the feeling like they'd fall out
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Really nice design, thanks for designing and sharing. I found the stock one a little large for one handed spinning (as I like to use it) so I resized it to 50mm (down from 85mm) and adjusted the slicing settings to ensure it prints in good quality. I've added a profile for this here, called "Smaller (50mm)".
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Smaller (50mm) Spinner | 0.1mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
Printed with no issues and spins freely as designed.
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Didnt have to break anything loose. Came off the plate and rotated freely. I just wanted a planetary gear because I had an idea for a project that uses one. I now kind of understand why fidget spinners were so popular. Plus it looks neat in my orange/black filament.
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Smaller (50mm) Spinner | 0.1mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
Printed well and has tight tolerances.
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Print Profile
Smaller (50mm) Spinner | 0.1mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
Tight tolerances but I got it loose.
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Print Profile
Heavy outer ring
A1
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