Wind-up Running Buggy #TinkerMechanical

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This object was made in Tinkercad. https://www.tinkercad.com/things/iWpH0ZY1rOl   This is my entry for MyMiniFactory #TinkerMechanical challange! Made completely with TinkerCad without any external imports! Most of the parts are made in Tinkercad's main editor, the gears are made with a custom shape generator i coded from scratch to explore that side of TinkerCad(which i am trying to share but TinkerCad Shape Generator Editor seems to have a bit of a problem saving new settings/publishing versions), and the pawl socket of the socketed gear is made with TinkerCad CodeBlocks. Inspired by a homemade toy i vaguely remember from my childhood, It's a wind-up bug/critter type toy, goes all wibbly wobbly while "walking". Wind it up, put it on the ground and off it goes! If it skips steps or has trouble keeping it's ground, try gluing a small coin in the front side or better yet design a new heavier "faceplate" with TinkerCad (also see printing details section below), maybe add some antennas while you are at it? Just copy my design and customize it as you wish! Assembly Video - Also make sure you read "Printing Details" section below. I am open for suggestions and fixing design mistakes or helping solve problems that i may have not encountered. This was a great experience learning TinkerCad, learning about the printer tuning, slicer settings and the printing process itself. Oh and also mechanics! I did not know a thing about gears or springs before this project, i ended up creating a custom TinkerCad generator for spur gears!

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EnesKaraca

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