Musical Fidget (X-Mas Edition)

I am happy to present this years X-Mas Edition of the Musical Fidget!

For this year I have created over 20 musical fidgets playing a well known Christmas melody ranging from “We wish you a merry Christmas” to “Frosty the snowman”. To do this, I have used a modified version of the openSCAD code of the Musical Fidget Generator and added some cosy Christmas decorations and colours to the fidget. These fun toys makes the perfect stocking gift, Interactive Christmas tree ornament or just a keychain fidget to keep in your pocket during the holidays playing your favourite X-Mas tune. 

The print is quick (usually less than 1 hour) and requires only 6 colour changes if printed in full colour.

To play the fidget, you need to play each note in the tempo of the song, usually quite slowly (you need to know the melody for this to work). To increase the volume, you can press the fidget against any surface, as the fidget itself is lacking a resonance box.

For over 200 other melodies please have a look at these older models:

Musical Fidget Generator                                  Musical Fidget - Video Game Edition              Original Musical Fidget

As an example of how to play, please have a look at these videos:

Thanks Mind 2 Make for this video!

Songs available as print profiles 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Jingle bells (Chorus)

Jingle bells (Intro)

Frosty The Snowman

Jingle Bell Rock

Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer

It´s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

O Tannenbaum

Deck The Halls

Joy To The World

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Winter Wonderland

O Holy Night

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen

Silent Night

O Come All Ye Faithful

Away In A Manger

12 Days Of Christmas

Little Drummer Boy

I´ll Be Home For Christmas (New)

Feliz Navidad (Intro) (New)

Feliz Navidad (Chorus) (New)

Print settings

Filament choice is important for optimal sound. Bambu Sparkle PLA and Prusament PLA are especially good. Other filaments will work, but stay away from Bambu PLA Matte and other soft filament. The stiffer the better it seems.

In general, I use the 0.16mm High Quality setting in Bambu slicer, but I change the layer height to 0.2mm. For nice colouring, a first layer width of 0.46mm is required as well as ordering the colours of the first layer to make sure the main body colour of the fidget is printed last. It might also be a good idea to use a brim (inner brim only) to make sure that the note bars do not warp. Warping can drastically change the pitch of the notes. All these settings are "tuned" in the available 3mf files.

Each 3mf file contains 4 different plates. Two for printing in colour and two optimized for single colour print. Each of these also has a plate with and without inner brim. Good bed adhesion is required to print this model, but the brim can be annoying to remove, so you have to try what works for you.

Assembly

To assemble the fidget, simply put the slider in place and press the two “main plates” together until they click in place. If you printed with brim you first need to remove the brim located around the note bars and possibly within the text. This has worked really well for me, but if it ends up being too loose, just add some glue on the clips to further secure it. A bambu keychain (MA001) can be attached in the hole available or you can attach the bambu Nylon string (MF001) to hang the fidget in the Christmas tree.

I hope you will enjoy this model!

If you like this model, please have a look at some of my other work:

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