Heat-powered Christmas Pyramid / Windmill - Free 3D Print Model

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A1 mini

Tree, blades, shaft, platform and star

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6.6 h

3 plates

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Mini models - snowman x2, presents x2, xmas puds x2

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1.7 h

1 plate

5.0(10)

Mini models with brim

1.9 h

1 plate

5.0(1)

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Description

For commercial licenses please visit my Patreon

Bring the cozy magic of the holidays to your home with this charming Christmas Pyramid, perfect for curling up indoors on chilly winter nights.

The design features a Christmas tree with a delightful fuzzy texture, beautifully designed blades, rotating snowflake platform and finished with a star on top!

This single-tier pyramid is perfect for displaying any of your miniature Christmas models. The platform has 6 holes to attach any small model using a short piece of standard 1.75mm filament, alternatively, models can be glued or, if only rotated gently, the models can simply sit on top without spinning off. A seperate profile with the mini models from my photos is included.

How does it work?

The design is inspired by traditional German candle-powered Weihnachts pyramide but with a more modern look.

Simply place above a heat source such as a radiator, electric heater or safely above a fireplace away from flames or extreme heat. The rising warm air, or even a gentle breeze, is enough to gently rotate the pyramid. For best results the platform, shaft and point should sit pefectly central to minimise friction.

Please do not attempt to use candles with this model. PLA and other 3D printed materials can be flammable!

Printing

This model was designed to fit on an A1 mini so will therefore work on any of the Bambu Lab printers. You could scale the model up for the larger bed size, but that is untested and it's likely the tolerances for the fittings will be too loose. Also, the smaller and lighter the model the easier it will be to rotate.

The tree is printed as one piece and was carefully designed to minimise overhangs. Lots of testing went into this part to find the best combination of geometry, fuzzy and seam settings to produce the best looking result.

Assembly

Before assembling, try test fitting the shafts to the star and platform base but don't insert them fully as they may be difficult to remove. It may be a tight fit due to elephants foot and variance in different filaments. It may be worthwhile rounding off the edge of the shafts if they are tight.

When assembling with the tree/frame part, try not to push down hard on the pointed end of the platform as you want to keep this point as sharp as possible so it spins well.

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Comment & Rating (59)

@user_3581307049

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Looks beautiful - haven't used heat yet to make it turn but spins great - my only note would be the tolerance for the pole into the holes is tight so maybe use alittle bit of sand paper to sand the ends so it slides in easier :) got mine in with abit of force but worth mentioning ^^ 10/10 print! Need to print little snow men to go on it now ☃️⛄

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@nadnerb33

thanks for the comment and boost. during test prints I did adjust the tolerance a few times and settled on what I thought was a looser fit, but maybe needs a bit more. I think it really varies for different filament too. thanks again, and glad you like it!

@nadnerb33

I've uploaded a 2nd profile with all the mini models I used in my photos if you wish to use them

@UssRonald

Hello everyone. I wanted to print it and downloaded the STL files package. However, when opening it, I noticed that two of the files are not STL files, but just "files". This concerns the Hex-shaft and Hex-shaft-small files. Thus, I cannot open them or print them. Can anyone help me with this

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@nadnerb33

those filenames are generated from the layer names in the 3mf so are missing file extensions. they are all actually STLs, just rename them / add the file extension. or download the 3mf and export them as STL from there.

@UssRonald

Replying to @nadnerb33 :

Great. Thank you very much for the help :)

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@Bibelot

The printing turned out well. The Christmas decoration works. Thanks

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@user_811156636

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Tree, blades, shaft, platform and star

Awesome, with some partial sanding it would be even smoother and more fluid, a truly great piece of work

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@Memphis8403

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Tree, blades, shaft, platform and star

toll!

@Kojak.nr

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Tree, blades, shaft, platform and star

beautiful 😃

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@Kojak.nr

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Mini models - snowman x2, presents x2, xmas puds x2

beautiful 😃

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@kuhnikuehnast

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Tree, blades, shaft, platform and star

Really nice object

@kuhnikuehnast

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Mini models - snowman x2, presents x2, xmas puds x2

They Look really nice

@Hellcony

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Mini models - snowman x2, presents x2, xmas puds x2

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