Blade Base V3

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This is an new template for making blade bases, which I was inspired to make after getting my first official plastic gen beyblade. The most important change is to the 8-toothed gear slot on the inside, which is a little bit bigger and much deeper than before. Older versions of this base physically cannot fit official spin gear cores, but this model can (although it's still a rather tight fit). A more distinct change is to some parts of the inside, which use inward diagonals instead of flat roofs so that key, tightly packed parts of the base no longer need supports when printed with the tip pointed upwards. While a hefty amount of supports will still be necessary, they will be much easier to remove. I show physical examples of the SG Sharp base instead of the SG Flat base that is actually modeled here, because I already had an SG Flat base printed, even if it used the previous connecting shape. I still gave a model of the SG Flat base because it has what is probably the simplest and easiest to edit shape out of any official blade base. Unlike my other new version models, I can't provide a comparison image just yet. The official blade base I have, Customize Metal Sharp, just completely foregoes the 8-toothed gear hole entirely, in favor of a giant circular hole, which isn't the case for most official blade bases. . The blade base is the bottom of a beyblade. The main purpose of it is to determine how the bey moves and grips the floor. In general, a wider tip will make a bey more aggressive, while a thinner tip makes a bey calmer. Also, it often is the main determining factor of the bey's height, since nearly every base is at a different height. There are two fairly large, rectangular slots on the sides of each base. Two pegs will fit in to these, in order to keep a spin gear attached. Because pegs are really small and easy to lose, it's possible to leave them half-inserted but still tight enough to not fall out on their own. You can freely insert or remove spin gears if both pegs are half-inserted. To attach a spin gear to the blade base, slide the bottom of the assembled spin gear on to the matching space in the blade base. When fully inserted, you should be able to press the pegs of the blade base all the way in to lock the spin gear in place. Two small tabs at the end of the pegs should hook on to the circular bottom lip of the core.