Snake

cults3d

When I was a kid, I had a wooden snake just like this one (but even better). The cutouts let it bend, and I thought I'd try printing something similar to see if it would work. In PLA, it's pretty stiff. A more flexible material would probably be a good choice. I made the snake short so that it would fit on a Makerbot, but it came out kinda chubby. It could actually be a little bit longer and still fit on the bed. At some point, I'll design and post a longer version for RapMan/Mendel sized beds. Or maybe a modular snake! Oh, and the STL has some weird stuff on the edges of the nose, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything when printing. Dimensions: 80.2mm x 80.2mm x 11.3mm tall (it's printed diagonally, and the snake itself is around 110mm long). I've included an alternate file, SnakeThin.STL. This version has a thinner core that should be only one layer thick. It ends up being much more flexible. Skeinforge kept giving me trouble with the core, so I scaled up the model slightly. SnakeThin dimensions: 84mm x 84mm x 11.7mm tall