Thingiverse link: http://www.thingiverse.com/make:68162
Settings: MakerWare .3mm/low on a Replicator 2, but my build platform is still a bit warped so I had trouble printing any rings larger than the blue one pictured here. I think it may be time to consider buying a new platform.
Stuff to change: I couldn't get the rectangular and triangular gears to work very well, but that may be because I needed a different size of large ring, or because I used "low" instead of "standard" layer height. More experimenting later!
it s a shame! i have 187 days of late!
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thank you!
We printed the larger rings as well (thank you, old medicine cabinet door mirror for providing a nice flat build platform!) but the odd-shaped gears are still troublesome. Of course, I remember them being exactly like that with my original Spirograph back sometime in the 1970s. The one thing that I found worked a little better was putting the ring gear upside-down (first printed layer facing up), I think the initial slightly-squished layer keeps them from fitting together well when both are facing the same way.
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