Geared Heart, Hand Crank Edition

cults3d

Geared hearts captivate me deeply (perhaps because I was born on a day synonymous with love?). I'm uncertain as to who invented the first geared heart design (sorry for being unable to give credit to the original creator) since I wasn't aware that geared hearts had been around for so long. For instance, I discovered this 2008 video of a paper hand-cranked geared heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dKZjP4NOo and was intrigued by it thoroughly. And then I came across emmett's Thingiverse Featured http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:243278 and, well, here it is. Inspired by the paper hand-cranked geared heart video and emmett's ingenious geared heart design, yet having too little time to create one entirely on my own, I incorporated emmett's geared heart into this design to bring forth my hand-cranked PLA version of the hand-cranked paper geared heart. The video showcasing my version is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-IYuWghAQ. And if you don't prefer cranking the heart by hand, then a motorized version can be found at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:255280. Designed using Sketchup 8, and printed in PLA on a Replicator 2 using Makerware 2.3.3.42 "Standard" settings. UPDATES: 1) I added "Heart Base 1-2.stl" to work with emmett's "HeartGears1-2.stl". However, it hasn't been tested yet; printer users be warned!