Skeevatron

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My wife and I love playing Elder Scrolls Online together, and we're both huge fans of the clockwork machines that appear throughout the game. She's especially fond of LARPing and plays a tinkerer, so it's no surprise she'd want to create her own clockwork creations. This little clockwork skeevaton is my take on one of the limited-release pets from the game, and I'm excited to see her character come to life with it. I printed the skeevaton using Amolen Bronze PLA at 200C with a bed temperature of 60C. The layer height was set to 1.2mm, and the print speed was 60 mm/s on my trusty Flashforge Creator X Dual Chassis printer. The chassis itself was printed in Makergeeks Tiger Stripe Orange at 220C with a 2.8mm layer height on my Monoprice Select Mini. Here are the parts I used to bring this clockwork wonder to life: * Adafruit Bluefruit LE Feather * Adafruit DC motor featherwing * Adafruit DC motors in a Micro servo case (three of them!) * Red LED lights (two of them) * Resistors to slow down the motor for the key (30 ohm) * A 470-ohm resistor to protect the LEDs * Dual AAA battery holders with four AAA batteries each * A SPST switch for the battery pack * A 3.7V 500mAh LIPo battery to power the Feather * Wheels with servo hubs (two of them) and a small caster ball * A piece of proto-board to create a power system with JST connectors I wired the AAA batteries in series to give me six volts, which powers the key motor, LED eyes, and other motors through the Featherwing. The LIPo battery runs the Feather 32u4 and Bluetooth LE, while the Adafruit Bluetooth LE app from my Android phone controls the entire unit. I made one small tweak to the standard sketch for the Feather and wing: I changed the motor designation to use M1 and M2 connectors, which can be found on the Adafruit website. I designed the tail to be articulated and snap onto the main body, while the key, head, ears, and hubs are held in place with a small amount of hot glue. The LED eyes were also secured with hot glue. To attach the body to the chassis, I used a piece of velcro with adhesive backing that I cut down to size.