Hand Powered Rotating Canadian Coin Sorter

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Human: A mechanical Canadian coin sorter powered by hand. Sorts out coins from Pennies to Toonies, excluding 50 cent pieces. Post-Printing Clearing the holes. You may want to use 2.5 mm and 3.2 mm drills (or similar) for clearing out holes in each part so M3 screws can be properly bolted down. How I Designed This For me, this was one of the biggest CAD projects ever. I had jars of coins to deposit into the bank but sorting them was too tedious, so I wanted a faster way. Sure, I could have bought a coin sorter, but my cash was loose and unorganized change. Coin sorter designs are out there to be 3D printed, but they were too slow for me, and most don't take Loonies or Toonies! So, I decided to design one myself. I wanted it to sort coins quickly and efficiently without jamming, and if it did jam, it should be easy to remove. It had to sort all Canadian coins in circulation, including Pennies. My design was inspired by Klopp coin sorters because they were hand-powered, fast, and didn't jam. Since it's mechanical, I added tolerances with parts for improved fitting. However, my overall design needs improvement; I experienced jamming issues with coins grinding against walls, and the coins had too much friction on the rails. Additional Parts Needed M3 screws are required to bolt everything together; I designed holes so that the screws can thread into the plastic. If additional security is needed, M3 bolts are available. I used M3 x10 screws for this build.