Charmander with glowing flame

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<p>A remix of Patrickart's beautiful Charmander model - use it as a night light, as a showpiece, or give it to someone you love!</p><p>Bill of materials</p><ul><li>All four 3D printed parts</li><li>Three 10mm M3 self-tapping screws</li><li>One 2x2032 coin cell battery holder</li><li>LED fairy lights (about 1-2 metres) - see below for details</li><li>One toggle switch (preferably with a 5mm thread)</li><li>Some stranded copper wire</li></ul><p>You'll also need some solder and a soldering iron. Heat shrink tubing is optional but I used it to insulate the contacts!</p><p>See below for detailed assembly instructions.</p><h3>Print Settings</h3><p>Printer Brand: Creality</p><p>Printer: CR-10</p><p>Rafts: Doesn't Matter</p><p>Supports: Yes, but only touching buildplate!</p><p>Resolution: 0.2</p><p>Filament: 3D AURA PLA, orange for body, transparent for flame</p><h3>Post-Printing</h3><p><strong>Assembly</strong></p><ol><li>Stuff the Flame (it should be printed in transparent PLA) with 1-2 metres of fairy lights that you can buy from your local dollar store or online.</li><li>Glue the flame to Charmander's body, ensuring that the wires leading to the fairy lights pass through the hollow body into the hole underneath Charmander's tail.</li><li>Glue Charmander onto the Base, ensuring that the hole underneath Charmander's tail lines up with the hole on the Base and the wires pass through neatly.</li><li>Screw the toggle switch onto the side of the Base, solder the wires according to the picture shown to form a complete circuit and hot-glue everything in place. Remember to check the polarity!!</li><li>Finally, use three 10mm M3 self-tapping screws to secure the Cover onto the Base.</li></ol><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/61/7d/c0/04/82/IMG_8615.jpg"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/05/b5/75/ae/6d/Capture.PNG"></figure>