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Waltzer Build
Happy New Year Everyone, I have not been able to make very much progress on the waltzer due to other things requiring my attention including converting a bike to electric pedal assist for my daughter (later fixing said electric power assist bike when somebody pulled out on her, she is fine but...- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
The bearing are 4mm id and I have drawn up the cars with a void in order to put some weight into them although early tests with the prototype car above are promising it revolves round in the bearings quite easily even without any added weight, I am expecting the weight to be a matter of fine...- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
So just for an update I have managed to print a few of the sections although the cold is playing havoc on bed adhesion, I may bring the printer into the house for the rest. I have removed the motor to help me get this all lined up. As you can see I did not bother to make different pieces for...- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
I have had a bit of a rethink with this project, Most full sized waltzers have 9 or so cars but when I started planning for my project I origionally thought the cars would be too tiny to spin at the size to keep them on the platform wedge so opted for 6 cars instead. However after doing a bit...- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
For want of a correct term I will call these next bits platform carriers. These are printed with voids to take the brass bit out of terminal blocks which are simply liberated from their origional packaging I am using tiny eyelets for the linkages though I had to spread these open a little to...- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
Amazing I took a picture of my latest attempts at wheels for the platform and noticed how bad the printing was. I knew that these filaments can absorb moisture but never suspected it could happen this quickly, the filament in question has not be on the printer that long. So I opened up a new...- Dwayne
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Need Wheels
They ideally need to have a rubber tyre to limit the noise this will make while turning, this is what I printed but I am not happy with them and printer is now playing up (filament has absorbed moisture I think must invest in a dryer)- Dwayne
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Waltzer Build
So I guess I better get this started :anguished:. Nothing is finalised yet for this model (for one thing the wheels for the platform are giving me trouble) but here is the progress so far: I have had the motor I intend to use one this model for a while but am a little concerned it might be a...- Dwayne
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Need Wheels
I am in search of some basic wheels about 14mm diameter with spindles if possible. I have searched the usual places but nothing suitable is showing itself. Any pointers would be much appreciated.- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
So after this was all wired together and the few bugs where ironed out I came to the decision that the motor and gearbox from the cordles screwdriver would be almost impossible to run the carousel at the required speed this video shows it running as slow as I could get it without stalling and as...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
Ok so I had origionally intended to cram the electronics into the centre of the carousel but once I took into account the limited ways I had of fabricating them I decided to make a base with enough room instead. So I broke out the wallpaper steamer and bent another circle out of wood Again I...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
I am quite shocked that I am introducing them to be honest, I haven't had chance to look through this site completely but would have put money on coming across them. This pic shows the various ones I have floating around my workshop at the moment with a ruler to show you the scale they are from...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
So once I was happy (or content that I had it looking acceptable at least) with that painting I turned my attention to the lighting It soon turned into a right birds nest of wires and if I had planned better I could of made it much neater but that was par for the course with this build I had...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
Really busy day today with mostly boring stuff :anguished: but heres the next installment: Once I had the mechanics sorted out I turned my hand to painting, I stared off by finding a suitable font for the lettering around the top and printed them out. I then traced this onto the models top my...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
Next was making the carriages and getting really lucky with a job lot of horses meant to be made into dolls house rocking horses The carriages where painted up and attached to the platform and then I turned my attention to making the horses gallop These gears took me an age to figure out...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
So the next installment: I made hangers for the platform and horses from fencing wire twisted and painted gold and made a tool out of a scrap parting tool to make the brass to secure them on the platform since they would be hidden under the canopy I didn't fuss too much over the top ones- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
I made the hollow central column and origionally dismantled a cordless screwdriver which I used to drive it around but this turned out to be far too fast and difficult to control the speed, it was later replaced with a geared motor running at 12rpm further reduced with the pwm signal from the...- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
So head first I plunged by cutting plywood circles of various sizes pictured is the top, base and platform. And used coffee stirrers to simulate the wooden slats on the platform.- Dwayne
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My granddaughters carousel
I hope I am putting this in the right section. Way back in 2013 I started on this project without any real plan for anything which bit me on the behind early on when I made a carriage that was far too big. I will go through most of the process in the replies.- Dwayne
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Flat head on wire
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a tool to put flat heads on some 2.2ish wire? TIA- Dwayne
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