Rain Stick (Percussion Instrument)

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Rain Stick (Percussion Instrument)

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Rain Stick with Four Options
Rain Stick with Four Options
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28.6 h
5 plates
5.0(2)

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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13.9 h
3 plates

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Rain Sticks are believed to first have been played by the indigenous Mapucha people of Chile. Traditional rain sticks are made of dried cactus and filled with small stones, rice, or beans. When the stick is upended the stones fall and strike protrusions inside the hollow cactus and make a sound reminiscent of rainfall. This 3D printed rain stick functions the same way, except all the parts are printed with PLA plastic.

 

Print the digital rice pellets first. Then print the tube. The print is set to pause in Bambu at layer 1022. Pour in the pellets when it is paused, then resume printing.

 

When printing the tube you will receive a warning for “floating cantilever”. Ignore the warning and print anyway. Watch the first bridging as the cross members are printed. If the bridging is mostly successful, let the print continue. If your printer is not capable of long bridging, try the second model with shorter bridges.

 

There are four models of the rain stick included in the print profile. The Standard Rain Stick requires long bridging to build the cross members without support. Bambu printers are capable of this, despite the warnings from the slicer. The second alternative profile has a center column which makes the bridges much shorter. Use that tube model if your printer can't do the long bridging.

 

A second set of models have been resized to 249mm for printers with a 250mm max Z height, such as the P1S and the X1C.

 

Along with being a rain stick, it also makes an excellent shaker or maraca. Have fun making music.

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Many thanks for the model, you could add another print profile by reducing the size by 5%, resulting in a 95% size, so we can print it on a P1S, it works well and there's no risk of it opening like screw-on models, I can let my son play without worry
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That’s a great idea. I had no idea that the P1S has a shorter build volume than the A1.
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And thanks for the boost!
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I have updated the print profile with models that are 249mm tall.
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It’s saying it isn’t incompatible with my X1C - even the slightly smaller one :(
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Looks like it’s letting me print via the bambu slicer! Seems maybe X1 and P1 profiles are needed to be added to print from the app?
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Ok. I’ll reduce it some more. I need to get an X1C.
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Print finished! Looks and works great! For some reason I thought the print would pause on its own. It didn’t and sealed up on me. I ended up drilling a hole to funnel in my couscous and then printed a plug to superglue into it. might also use my plastic welder to make sure the kiddos can’t pop it open! Thanks for the model!
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Rain Stick with Four Options
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