Snowman Pin Walker

myminifactory

https://youtu.be/20bVRiOjnI0 If snow fails to appear, I created a "Snowman Pin Walker" that I designed, 3D printed, and assembled using parts and assembly methods similar to my "Halloween Happy Ghost Pin Walker". The Snowman Pin Walker is a large pin walker with a snowman theme, compared to the happy ghost. The center of mass for this model, as determined by Autodesk Fusion 360, is high up at the fifth snowman button from the base, in the middle of the fore and aft / left and right extents of the model. To maintain side-to-side stability of the model, I designed the width, length, and position of the feet on "Base.stl" for a N20 6VDC 100RPM motor operating at 3.7VDC. Motors with lower RPM ratings will work fine, but motors with higher RPM ratings or running the recommended motor at higher voltages may cause side-to-side stability issues, which means it could fall over. I try to learn something new with each design I create, so in this model, before 3D printing the dual-extrusion snowmen (I printed one in Tough PLA and one in PLA), I decided to enable the Cura 4.3.0 "Prime Tower" and "Ooze Shield" options to see how well these options improve dual-extrusion print quality. The time required to print the snowmen with these options enabled was around twelve hours each, which easily qualified for "overnight" prints, but as shown in the next day photographs and videos of the snowmen, they came out of their ooze shields with no other clean up and with quite impressive results. And as usual, I probably forgot a file or two or who knows what else, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, as I do make plenty of mistakes. Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced using Cura 4.3.0, and printed in PLA on an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and an Ultimaker S5, and in Tough PLA on an Ultimaker 3+ Extended. One final note: I receive no compensation in any form whatsoever for the design, equipment, purchased components, or materials used in this model.