Tripple Turbo Spinner

The Tripple Turbo Spinner

This is the result of my efforts creating a better Turbo spinner. I wanted to improve the speed with directing the air better to the rotor. Later in the process, with many printed Iteration pieces lying around on desks, came the idea to put multiple rotors into the spinner. The effect is a unique sound; you can hear the different disks speeding up and down.

Some tips for assembly:

Take the case and put the rotors in, with the textured side up (assuming you are using a textured build plate), starting with the biggest one. Check if it spins easily, add a very tiny drop of vegetable oil on the shaft (I use a small paintbrush), then the medium rotor, same here, followed by the one small one on top, followed by oil again. It's important that you do not add too much oil, but without oil you will hear a buzzing sound as it spins. Also, it will work better after a few tries because the spindle will wear in a little.

Also I noticed when I gave it to my little boy that it stops spinning when he has a too wet mouth; so dry your mouth before giving it a try. the rings that are integrated in the rotors are my effort to mitigate that, but it has its limits. 

After everything runs smoothly, you can seal the lid on with superglue to make sure the air cannot escape, but that is not really necessary and an optional step that is maybe also useful if you do not want your children to disassemble it.

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