Fully 3D-printable wind-up car gift card

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If you're looking for an entirely new version of the gift card, check out my recent <b>Davinci inspired catapult gift card</b> here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4067668. A quick note: 02/04/2020 - I've added a revised manual for the updated gift cards 1 and 2 V2 which includes all additional parts. You can choose to print both gift cards to give them as a present or to assemble them yourself and relive some childhood memories. You can also print all the parts separately so you don't have to remove any card material. The entire car can be assembled without needing any glue. The print time for gift card 1 (the one with the most parts) is about four hours, while the print time for gift card 2 (the one with wheels) is approximately two hours. I decided to print them with a hundred percent infill because there wasn't much difference with twenty-five percent infill; the print time was roughly the same. Another reason for a hundred percent infill is that the spring prints better. I tried to arrange all parts on the card so it's possible to print the two cards in different colors and still look great (for example, not one wheel on one card and three others on the other). The original idea of making a 3D-printable gift card came from a Christmas reindeer model I saw on Thingiverse. I thought it would be nice to design a gift card with mechanical pieces so people could see what is possible with 3D printing (combination of gears, springs, and clickers). Everything was built from scratch. Mainly because all parts had to be relatively flat in order for it to become a card. I used Fusion 360 to design all parts, mainly because it has an easy-to-use gear generator and because (in my opinion) Fusion is a very user-friendly program. A video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB1Z3DeYrwQ. More information can be found here: https://hackaday.io/project/162942-fully-3d-printable-wind-up-car-gift-card. Recommended Tools: 3D Printer: https://www.banggood.com/Creality-3D-Ender-3-Pro-V-slot-Prusa-I3-DIY-3D-Printer-Kit-p-1346320.html?p=E01411629100201406T1&custlinkid=677427 All my project files, instructions, schematics are provided for free so everyone around the world can enjoy them. Feel free to support me so I can create and share even more amazing projects. Any amount of support is greatly appreciated: https://paypal.me/BrianBrocken. Feel free to take a look at my other designs: UMC - Universal Motion Controller: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4245315 3D-printable Davinci Catapult Gift Card: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4067668 Arduino Controlled Photogrammetry 3D-Scanner: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3958326 Fully 3D-printable Turntable: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3723618 RC FPV Tank Rover: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3587738 Fully 3D-printable Wind-up Car Gift Card: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3308710 3D-printable High Torque Servo/Gear Reduction: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3292860 'BOOM Box' High Voltage Capacitor Bank Case: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2980012 Subby the Interactive YouTube Subscriber Robot: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2928254 Robot Hand || Bionic Hand Prosthesis Prototype: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2838239 3D-printable Linear Actuator: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2783959 Mini 3D-printable Crossbow: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2710472 Eight-Legged Spider Robot: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2470882 Best 3D-Printable Bearing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2349065. Have a nice day!