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Spinning Top
by cgpena
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Spinning top that prints without support in 3 pieces. The pieces are held together by the center piece (the ring). The ring is meant to be heavier than the other pieces so print it with 100% infill. Or, print it in metal and please let me see some pics and tell me how it performs. You can also print the ring in a different color. You can completely enclose the ring so it's not visible, or you can leave it partially visible (see pics). The ring will snap at several depths before being completely enclosed.
So far I can get about 3 minutes of spin out of this model. I printed it in PLA using 100% infill for the ring and 30% for the rest at 0.1mm height. The ring snaps nicely into the other two parts.
NOTE: The one on the pic was printed at 50% scale and works great. I tried printing it at 70% scale but the ring is a bit loose so I had to add a few pieces of paper to make it a tighter fit. Also at 70% it seems to only spin up to 2:40 or so as opposed to 3:20 at 50%.
So far I can get about 3 minutes of spin out of this model. I printed it in PLA using 100% infill for the ring and 30% for the rest at 0.1mm height. The ring snaps nicely into the other two parts.
NOTE: The one on the pic was printed at 50% scale and works great. I tried printing it at 70% scale but the ring is a bit loose so I had to add a few pieces of paper to make it a tighter fit. Also at 70% it seems to only spin up to 2:40 or so as opposed to 3:20 at 50%.
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