Butterfly - Wiggly colorful blobs for the garden or flowerpot)

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<p>This butterflys mounted on a welding wire are little but colorful blobs in your garden. The wingspan is about 90mm. Assembly might be a bit flimsy, but it could also be a me and my rough fingers ;-)</p> <p>If you like this thing, you might want to print those, too:</p> <p>Butterfly with a living hinge - (Glue to a thing / wall): <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3668684">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3668684</a></p> <p>Windmill (Garden / Toy): <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3664786">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3664786</a></p> <p>Windmill - 8 wings (Garden / Toy): <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3669693">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3669693</a></p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: Outdoor &amp; Garden Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong> Prusa</p> <p><strong>Printer:</strong> <a href="http://amzn.to/2rqZ6Uo">i3 MK3</a></p> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong> 0.2mm for the wings, 0.1mm for the body</p> <p><strong>Infill:</strong> doesn't matter</p> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> Das Filament PETG Metallic Blue, Maisgelb (Metallic Blue, Corn yellow)<br/> <strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>I've added 2 versions of the butterfly:</p> <ul> <li>The parts starting with MMU are designed (but not tested) for multi color / multi material printing. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>The other parts are design for single extrusion printers (like the one I'm using). I've used this service <a href="https://blog.prusaprinters.org/color-print/">https://blog.prusaprinters.org/color-print/</a> to insert a filament change command at layer height 0.6mm into a gcode file rendered by Slic3r / PrusaSlicer. Might work with other slicers, too. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>The Butterfly_Welding_Wire_Mount-Body(Bottom)-Body1.stl part is used for both versions. <h3>Post-Printing</h3> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Material</strong></p> <ul> <li>hairdryer to form the butterfly</li> </ul> <ul> <li>glue (CA glue for indoors, more resistance glue like 2 part epoxy for outdoor)</li> </ul> <ul> <li><p>Stable but flexible wire. 2mm diameter, 1000mm length. I used something like this: <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/WSG2-Stahl-Schweisstabe-WIG-Schweisdraht-W3Si1-SG2/173578616058?hash=item286a177cfa:m:m6cm3L5rTizx0-SWE9izHIQ">https://www.ebay.de/itm/WSG2-Stahl-Schweisstabe-WIG-Schweisdraht-W3Si1-SG2/173578616058?hash=item286a177cfa:m:m6cm3L5rTizx0-SWE9izHIQ</a><br/> <strong>Preparation</strong></p> <p>The butterfly is printed flat on the print bed. You can use a hairdryer to slightly heat up the print and bend it to your desire. In just a couple of seconds a boring flat little piece of plastic transforms in something cute and more realistic.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Assembly</strong></p> <ul> <li>Put the bottom part of the body onto the wire</li> <li>Apply some glue to at the top of the bottom body</li> <li>Add the wings to the wire</li> <li>Level both parts that they align with the top of the wire</li> <li>Apply some glue to the bottom of the top body</li> <li>Place and align the top part onto the top of the wings</li> </ul>