Mechanical flip sign FREE / STOP

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The Idea:Animationmain intention for a Bathroom with the STOP / FREE plates, but there is also a blank one for custom writing mounted with some double-sided tape on the door / wall overall Dimensions:weightheightwidthdeapth20 g26 mm86 mm33 mmPrint recommendations:no supports needed100% infill on everything except the frameI used painters tape for the small parts to adhere well on the built plateOrientations:frame, rack and sidepanel should be obviousthe gears have a chamfer on one side, print these facing upthe flaps are cut deeper for the hate letters to compensate overhang, so print these facing downPost Processing:only clean up the edges to allow a good fitAdditional Parts:2 x M2x4 mm (or up to 8 mm) but should also work with some glue instead of the screws Assembly: these should be all your partsfirst you put the gears on the flip signsthere is a little chamfer on the inside of the gear cutout that should help you sliding them init's a tight fit, so no glue should be neededthe teeth should be facing to the lettersnow you can insert the signs with the attached gears into the framealign the letter all showing loveput the rack onto the two pins of the side panel, moved all the way to the leftnow comes the fiddly part, you have to align the teeth of the rack with all the spur gears while also feeding the pins of the flaps into the side panelit's not as hard as it looks since the teeth are already aligned when the rack is on the outer position of the pinsat last drive in the screws while holding everything togetherthe little edges on the side panel should help you align it all properly