Battling Tops Game!

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Back in the late sixties when I was a kid my go-to game to play with was Battling Tops! My neighbor pals would swing by and we'd spend hours battling it out with this game. I even played solo, pulling two tops at the same time. I'm pretty sure this game hit shelves in 1968, so it's almost 50 years old now, and I figured it was high time to see if printing could be a way for today's kids to get their hands on this classic. You can still find vintage Battling Tops on E-bay, most of them incomplete, though. I'm not sure how much longer the original ones will stick around, but I hope my printed design will keep the game alive. My first priority was getting the size right for this game. I designed it so that someone with a smaller print bed – like my trusty Wanhao D4S printer – could whip up the game without any issues. The game board came out to be around 12-1/2” square, whereas the original is 13-1/2”. The battling arena in the vintage game measures 12” in diameter, and I managed to squeeze it down to 11-1/4” on my printed version. I'm including the complete model so you can scale it up or down as you see fit. If you want a sneak peek at how I built this thing, check out the video here: https://youtu.be/4Rmt1inoQJo Designing This Masterpiece I whipped this design up in ZW3D Standard modeling software. My main goal was to get it to fit snugly on the glass print bed of my Wanhao D4S printer. As you can see, the largest piece just barely fits on the Wanhao glass plate. Custom Section Here are my print settings for this project: There are only 7 models that make up this job. 1) The pull ring (4 needed): .3mm layer, 100% in-fill, ABS 2) Stage Corner (4 needed): .3mm layer, 15% in-fill, PLA (4 top/bottom & 4 shells) 3) Arena Corner (4 needed): .2mm layer, 15% in-fill, PLA (4 top/bottom & 4 shells) 4) Tops (3 parts): (4 needed), .2mm layer, 100% in-fill, PLA or ABS 5) Score Pins (4 needed): .2mm layer, 100% in-fill, PLA or ABS Tools: 5 min epoxy, 1/16 x 1” steel pins, drill & bit, straight edge, wax paper, glass or flat surface I printed right on a heated glass surface sprayed with AquaNet Extra Super Hold Hair spray (Purple can). No rafts were needed, but supports will be required for the Stage Corners. I used Simplify 3D slicing software to get the job done. Check out the screenshot below. Simplify 3D showing the support needed