The Absurd Two-Planet Gear

The Absurd Two-Planet Gear

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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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A1 MINI, two tolerance settings = two plates; 0.2mm layer
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A planetary gear with only 2 planets? Shouldn't that fall apart? The sun gear definitely can move sideways, but the assembly does not fall apart. This is indeed a strange thing - probably without any use other than being strange and thus somewhat interesting.

The hex holes fit typical hexagonal pencils.

 

If you like interesting uncommon gear fidget things, try the "binary sun gear".

 

Printing: The usual stuff works fine (0.4mm nozzle, 0.2mm layer height). I use random seams to avoid thick seam blobs though.

I uploaded 2 versions with different tolerances; the smaller one (tol15) should be fine with well tuned printers.

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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
Great model but novelty wears off, -1 star for the creator being an a** to others Edit to include video link so people can see before they make: https://k00.fr/hjc1y2us
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Oh... what are you referring to?
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Replying to @DrJones :
It woulda been pretty simply to provide a video so people could better understand the movement of the product. Yes, you can print it, however each print costs money, filament, time, and wear/tear on the printer. When kindly asked to provide one, you responded that it was "too much work" to upload a video (considering it took me ~5 minutes to make one, it was certainly not "too much work").
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could you upload a video of it working irl. I know it works in the simulation but I can't imagine how it would work in practice.
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Hello, I'm sorry, but I guess just printing it is less work for you than making a video (and resize, maybe find out how to convert a video to an animated gif, upload etc.) is for me, so maybe just print it? It doesn't take much filament, you can directly try it hands-on, and I can use the time to design another model... I hope you won't be disappointed.
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Replying to @DrJones :
A GIF is worth a thousand words! Take a video with your smartphone and send it to your PC. With FormatFactory (free tool) it is very easy to convert the video into a GIF. Very intuitive just make sure your video is no longer than 30 seconds... Now we're all patiently waiting for your GIF...
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Replying to @GmD_1980 :
"Print, or print not. There is no video", as Yoda once said, or something similar :) Seriously, I have put some time into designing that thing for you "to download or not to download" (as Shakespeare's Hamlet said, or something similar) for free. I prefer not putting more time into it by making a video (which I find needs some consideration about background and lighting and cropping and resizing and cutting – I do have standards ^_^ ), in which I don't find pleasure, but instead make more models, in which I do. And most others just seem to print it and find out themselves. (You can download it anonymously (i.e. lot logged in) without giving me a download point, if that is your concern.)
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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
the gears fell out on the first spin
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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
I wasn't expecting it to actually work but it does. I've been playing with this for minutes now and it doesn't seem to want to fall apart.
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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
prints fine
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A1 MINI, two tolerance settings = two plates; 0.2mm layer
very smooth and fun
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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
Runs very smooth off the plate. Fun to fidget with. Neat idea and design.
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A1 MINI, two tolerance settings = two plates; 0.2mm layer
Great toy.
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A1 MINI, two tolerance settings = two plates; 0.2mm layer
neat
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two tolerance values; 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
cool gizmo
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