Christmas Tree Wheel of Fortune!

prusaprinters

Ever have trouble deciding, who gets the next present? Pin the names of your friends onto the wheel, and spin it to find out!If the pine tree lands on your name, you get the next gift!Did I also mention, that it is support free? Printing:I printed it in PLA with 5% infill and 0.2mm layer height. The model is support free, except for the star shaft, but the top can be cut off in prusaslicer to make it easily printable. The Santa hats on the spinning wheel can be printed with a color change, so the brims of the hats can be different colors. The color changes should be at “Z” 5.60 and 2.80 when printing with a 0.2mm layer height. I decided to paint mine, since I was using lots of different colored filaments, but it is not at all necessary.Assembly:3 shafts should be printed: one with a star on the end, one that is partly threaded, and one that has a flat side. The “star shaft” is left threaded, and it should go through the spinning wheel, the bottom plates large hole, and the 80 tooth gear, in this order.The second, half threaded bolt goes through the bottom plate and the weighted gear. It should be inserted through the side which has the gears.The final shaft (that has a flat side) gets the pine tree placed onto its top (make sure that the bump in the pine trees larger hole goes into the shafts groove, and it might need some sanding to make it run smoothly), and the spiral spring pulled onto it. The spiral springs bump should pop into the pine trees smaller hole. This should all slide into the main bottom plates corresponding slot.Extra Info:Hex nuts can be snap fitted into the back of the weighted gear, to make it spin for a longer time.If the threads don't want to go in smoothly, I recommend putting some oil onto it. I used canola oil.Zip-ties can be use to thread Christmas lights around it.