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Planetary Fidget Gears

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This is a gear fidget spinner, my first one, and this is only the second version, so more improvements might come later. I designed this to be comfortable to hold in two ways: Single hand - Sun gear held on index finger, use thumb to spin the ring, Two hands - Hold sun gear between thumb and index finger, use other hand to spin. You will notice that the gears do not fall apart even though they don't have any pieces holding them in place. This is because I used what are called herring bone or double helix gears, which have teeth slanting in a v shape. This makes it so that they stay centered when they spin instead of sliding apart. Instructions:Nothing too complicated for assembly, it prints in place, but there are a few things to be aware of. For print settings, there are just 2 main ones to know about: first, make sure you are using a raft. This ensures that the gears don't have any elephant foot. Second, set wall start position to random. This prevents the wall starts from ma
Category
Gadgets
Source
MakerWorld
Published
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What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
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Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Min. bed size
50 mm (Small)
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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