Flapping Mechanical Bird Toy

A Mechanical flapping bird toy. I wanted to try my hand at a moving mechanical toy. I decided that the head needed to turn and it does. Move its tail and the wings flap and the beak opens. It's a fairly complicated build and you do need to sand the parts that come into contact with each other if they are not smooth. It's a clean and satisfying build when it's done though. Sand and file away until it moves freely and it will flap and do all of its movements though. I am experimenting with various print in place joints and there's (4) in the wings and (1) in the neck. They are a bit fragile as the layer lines run horizontally so they can break kind of easily. I will update them if I have time to work on them but they do work just fine. There's a linkage that runs out of the feet that can be used to automate the whole thing if you are inclined to make a lever or motorize it. I've included a perch for the bird to sit on as the mechanical crank stand is still not working properly. It seems