A full crank-driven carousel designed from scratch over the last couple of weeks. Everything is 3D-printed, no extra parts or glue needed.
The gears have been created using https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3575, the horses have been designed in blender, all the rest is designed in FreeCAD.
You will need to print the following parts:
1x Base - base.stl
(note the special print instructions below)
1x Main gear
I had some problems with the axis of the gear breaking when using main_gear_v1.stl
, so I recommend to print main_gear_v2.stl
and insert main_gear_v2_splint.stl
into it for stability.
1x Crank - crank.stl
This was one of the first parts I designed for the carousel, which resulted in the Fidget Crank toy (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3498126)
5x Extra gear
As with the main gear I recommend to use extra_gear_v2.stl
with extra_gear_v2_splint.stl
inserted, instead of extra_gear_v1.stl
5x Star button
You will have to experiment whether you need star_button.stl
or star_button_tight.stl
for a tighter fit of the star buttons on the extra gears.
1x Path - path.stl
(note the special print instructions below)
1x Big Gear - big_gear.stl
(note the special print instructions below)
1x Floor - floor.stl
6x Roof holder - roof_holder.stl
1x Top - top.stl
6x Horse - horse.stl
(note the special print instructions below)
6x Horse stick - horse_stick.stl
1x Middle shaft - middle_shaft.stl
roof.stl
(note the special print instructions below)Carousel in action: https://youtu.be/OsPWfCtLtc0
base.stl | 124.0KB | |
big_gear.stl | 251.4KB | |
carousel.stl | 2.0MB | |
crank.stl | 58.9KB | |
extra_gear_v1.stl | 77.6KB | |
extra_gear_v2.stl | 79.5KB | |
extra_gear_v2_splint.stl | 1.1KB | |
floor.stl | 44.5KB | |
horse.stl | 81.8KB | |
horse_stick.stl | 15.8KB | |
main_gear_v1.stl | 77.6KB | |
main_gear_v2.stl | 79.5KB | |
main_gear_v2_splint.stl | 1.1KB | |
middle_shaft.stl | 46.4KB | |
path.stl | 399.4KB | |
roof.stl | 727.9KB | |
roof_holder.stl | 3.4KB | |
star_button.stl | 3.4KB | |
star_button_tight.stl | 3.4KB | |
top.stl | 40.5KB |