RevoSpin-Slider - tactile slide and ratchet fidget

4 fidget features, tactile patterns and no hardware required!

四种解压玩法，触觉纹理设计，无需任何五金配件！ 🇨🇳

So i decided to try making a fidget toy that i would occasionaly use, and this is how it worked out. It combines satisfying features of pistol replicas with a ratchet ring inspired by a karambit. All packed in a simple package comfortable enough to be held in multiple orientations.

Whats needed?

For this project you will only need its printed parts, and some filament pieces for keeping it firmly together.

Print and assembly notes

The profile is divied into 2 plates - the mechanism that must be printed in PETG/PCTG, and all the other parts that can be printed in PLA (mixing colours can look really cool :D). As always, keep the orientation as it is in the provided files. For the cylinder, you will have to use some simple supports - feel free to use settings from my preset, or your own. For the rest of the parts, make sure to turn the supports off, or the printer may try to squeeze them under the tactile patterns on the surface. Make sure to have your filaments well calibrated, because for a model this size, the tolerances have to be quite small.

Assembly is quite simple if you follow the gif below. First you need to assemble the mechanism, shell and all the ,,spinny" parts by putting it together and sliding filament into 3 holes (front, top and on the bottom end of the shell near the ring). Afterwards you just add the slide parts from both sides, and insert 2 more pieces of filament from the top. Some holes may be too tight on your printer, if that happens widdle the filament down a little with a knife. Also for your safety make sure to use a thin knife to cut the filament flush with the body (can also be achieved by pulling it out a little, snipping it and using the end of your cutters to push it back in), because exposed cut filament can be quite sharp. 

Make sure to follow the instructions and only add the slide on the body after you have assembled the rest - if you add it before, you will not be able to assemble the rest. 

Check out this video by user @Labax :

Thanks to everyone who decides to give it a try, I hope you have some fun with it. I will appreciate any like, comment or boost. Your feedback is also appreciated so if you have any questions/suggestions, feel free to send me a comment or a private message.

Disclaimer: This model is not a gun, does not shoot any projectiles and it is not designed to do so. 

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Also if you are interested, check out some of my other models:

Utility knife for pocket carry

Practical tie for your extension cables