This is a miniature Strandbeest. The original strandbeests were designed by Theo Jansen, and were made from PVC pipe. I printed mine with PLA, but ABS or PETG might be better because this design snaps together using flexible clips. This is in the Creative Commons Public Domain, so feel free to modify/improve this and re-upload it. You might have trouble with sticky joints, so be prepared to remove some material (I just used a pocket knife).
IMPORTANT INFO: Scale all parts to 1000%. I made this using Autodesk Inventor, which is kind funny with .STL files.
If you Leave any questions you have in the comments; I am happy to help out. I will upload more detailed instructions as soon as I can, but school keeps me quite busy. If you do plan on making this, PLEASE read the comments. There is a ton of useful information in there.
Parts List:
Legs:
​10 large triangles w/ clips
10 large triangles w/ holes
10 small triangles w/ clips
10 small triangles w/ holes
40 short beams
10 medium beams
10 curved beams
Camshaft:
​​5 camshaft arms w/ offset
5 camshaft arms no offset
5 long axles
6 short axles
Spacers:
12 medium spacers
40 large spacers
Frame:​
1 Frame End with Clips
1 Frame End With Holes
4 Frame Blocks
Good Luck!
| Camshaft_Arm_No_Offset.stl | 14.7KB | |
| Camshaft_Arm_With_Offset.stl | 21.0KB | |
| Camshaft_Long_Axle.stl | 3.8KB | |
| Camshaft_Short_Axle.stl | 4.6KB | |
| Curved_Beam.stl | 18.4KB | |
| Frame_Block.stl | 212.6KB | |
| Frame_End_with_Clips.stl | 156.5KB | |
| Frame_End_with_Holes.stl | 47.5KB | |
| Large_Spacer.stl | 38.5KB | |
| Large_Triangle_with_Clipscurved.stl | 72.7KB | |
| Large_Triangle_with_Holes_27.stl | 25.6KB | |
| Medium_Beam.stl | 18.2KB | |
| Medium_Spacer.stl | 14.9KB | |
| Short_Beam.stl | 19.2KB | |
| Small_Spacer.stl | 15.3KB | |
| Small_Triangle_with_Clips.stl | 79.0KB | |
| Small_Triangle_with_Holes_27.stl | 63.2KB |
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