Pacific Wheel remixed

thingiverse

Ferris Wheel Remixed Some time ago my wife searched for a ferris wheel as demonstration object for her class. I found this wheel on thingiverse and found it very appealing. But it was too small to be of any use in a teaching situation. So I scaled it up a bit, but then it does not fit on my print bed. So I splitted the wheel parts in two. Then I could get the gondolas to print right. Moreover the original design does not allow to take a gondola off the wheel. After I designed the gondolas from scratch there was not enough clearance under the wheel. So I constructed some small pillars. I changed the caps for the wheel hub so it holds better while gluing. A custom cap was also made, but that is not in the files. I included the original cap modified to hold on the hub and a blank one for your own designs. So after all, the most parts where changed, altered or new constructed. I printed all parts with fine layer height. Beside the base and the wheel hub all parts have 100% infill. As small as they are it didn’t matter anyway. The most parts can be printed without or with very little support when aligned to the printer bed properly. The hooks for instance can be printed laying on the side, gondola chassis standing upright and the roof flat on the printer bed without support. Regarding the gondolas I printed them colored in pairs. Looks nice, but isn´t necessary of course. To build it you will have to print: 1x Base 2x ShortPillar1 2x ShortPillar2 1x SideSupport1 1x SideSupport2 1x WheelHub 2x WheelHubEndcap-.... 1x Wheel_with_Spokes_PartA 1x Wheel_with_Spokes_PartB 1x Wheel_with_Spokeholes_PartA 1x Wheel_with_Spokeholes_PartB 12x Gondolachassis_4_struts or Gondolachassis_8_struts 12x Gondolaroof 24x Gondolaroofhook 1x SideSupportGlueHelp 16x Wheel-Parts-Alignement-Pin As alignment help for gluing the parts A and B of each wheel together there are 8 holes on each side. If your printer is capable of printing the very small alignment pins (mine was) you could stick them on one side before gluing the other side to it. But you can also align the parts without the pins. When gluing together the two complete wheels look that the spokes from one wheel goes exactly in the pits on the other one. After gluing the short pillars in the corner of the base you will have to glue both side supports an one without gluing the hub to it yet. For this I constructed the sidesupportgluehelp part. You can just stick the side supports together and when all is aligned properly you can glue the side supports on top of the short pillars. Now for the wheel. First glue only one cap to the wheel hub. Then move the wheel over the hub and glue the hub on top of the side supports. Glue the other cap on. For the gondolas I did two chassis designs. My wife choses the "4 strut" version, so only they are seen in the pictures. You have to print twelve chassis. The gondola roof is the same for both versions. I started the gondola assembly with the roof hooks. They should fit tight on the slits of the rooftop. For the 4 strut version you have to decide, which direction the roof, and with it the hooks will face. See the pictures for my solution.