RIP Skeleton

myminifactory

Here are the URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqL0RoWW7i4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3GAazo7xTc&feature=youtu.be A cleverly designed 3D printed Halloween-themed "Do Nothing Box" is called "RIP Skeleton." When you press the red button, RIP Skeleton emerges from his candlelit coffin with a red face and presses the red button before returning to darkness for his rest. The design reminds me of electro-mechanical pinball machines I repaired for a local entertainment distributor while attending college over 40 years ago. We still have a fully functional electro-mechanical "Captain Fantastic" pinball machine from 1976 in our game room. This model uses a single motor and a two-lobed camshaft to control the animation and lighting via two micro roller switches following the camshaft lobes instead of a microcontroller and servos. This approach significantly extends the battery life as the model draws no current from the twin AAA battery power supply when it is idle. RIP Skeleton does not actually press the red button, as his arm is too frail; he uses "mind over matter" to press the button via a roller switch on a cam lobe. As usual, I might have forgotten a file or two, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I designed RIP Skeleton using Autodesk Fusion 360 and sliced it using Cura 4.2 before printing it in PLA on an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and in PLA and PVA on an Ultimaker 3 Extended.