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Pinwheel Fix
by clintfisher
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As I was putting on a replacement washer, cut out of thin plastic, my pinwheel pin broke. So I turned the mast upside-down, just a straight-shaft, no molded-head, and designed this pinwheel head around the mast. It worked really well the first time. Had to smooth out the mast-socket part of the print with a drill bit so it weathervanes easily. The flat top of the mast socket and the rounded head of the mast makes for low friction.
Use Fusion 360 to customize this for your pinwheel or mast.
Print the pinwheel-fix upside-down, relative to gravity, and add thin supports under the pinwheel pin. This makes for a stronger pin.
I used 0.20mm layer height for this and 25% infill. 5 top & bottom layers.
You'll have to rotate the washer and print it flat flat clearly - sorry.
The washer printed well with no perimeters and Rectilinear bottom and top infill.
0.15mm layer height (0.15 bottom layer too) for the washer, which makes for four layers of cris-cross fibers and a str
Use Fusion 360 to customize this for your pinwheel or mast.
Print the pinwheel-fix upside-down, relative to gravity, and add thin supports under the pinwheel pin. This makes for a stronger pin.
I used 0.20mm layer height for this and 25% infill. 5 top & bottom layers.
You'll have to rotate the washer and print it flat flat clearly - sorry.
The washer printed well with no perimeters and Rectilinear bottom and top infill.
0.15mm layer height (0.15 bottom layer too) for the washer, which makes for four layers of cris-cross fibers and a str
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