Fully 3D-printable wind-up car gift card

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If you're looking for a completely new version of the gift card, you can check out my recent <b>Davinci inspired catapult gift card</b> here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4067668 <h5>Quick note: 02/04/2020 -> I've added an updated manual for the updated gift cards 1 and 2 V2 which includes all the additional parts.</h5> You can chose to print the 2 gift cards to give them to someone as a gift or to just assemble it yourself and relive some of your childhood ;-). You can also print all the parts seperatly so you don't have to remove any card material. The whole car can be assembled without the need for any glue. The print time for gift card 1 (the one with the most parts) is about 4 hours. The print time for gift card 2 (the one with the wheels) is about 2 hours. I decided to print them with 100 percent infill because there wasn't that much of a difference with 25 percent infill, the print time was about the same. Another reason for 100 percent infill is that the spring is being printed better. I tried to arrange all the parts on the card so that it is possible to print the 2 cards in 2 different collors and still look good (eg: not 1 wheel on one card and the 3 others on the other card). The original idea to make a 3D-printable gift card came from the christmas reindeer model that I saw on thingiverse. I thought it would be very nice to design a gift card with some mechanical pieces so you could show people what is possible with 3D-printing (combination of gears, springs, clickers). Everything is build up from scratch. Mainly because all the parts had to be relatively flat in order for it to become a card. I used fusion 360 to design all the parts, mainly because it has an easy to use gear generator and because (in my opinion) fusion is a very userfriendly program. Video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB1Z3DeYrwQ More info can be found here: https://hackaday.io/project/162942-fully-3d-printable-wind-up-car-gift-card Recommended Tools: 3D-printer: https://www.banggood.com/Creality-3D-Ender-3-Pro-V-slot-Prusa-I3-DIY-3D-Printer-Kit-p-1346320.html?p=E01411629100201406T1&custlinkid=677427 <h4>All my project files, instructions, schematics, are provided for free so everyone around the world can enjoy them. Feel free to support me so I can create and share even more awsome projects. Any amount of support is greatly appreciated :-) <a href="https://paypal.me/BrianBrocken">paypal.me/BrianBrocken</a></h4> Feel free to take a look at my other designs: UMC - Universal motion controller: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4245315 3D-printable Davinci catapult gift card: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4067668 Arduino controlled photogrammetry 3D-scanner: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3958326 Fully 3D-printable turntable: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3723618 RC FPV tank rover: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3587738 Fully 3D-printable wind-up car gift card: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3308710 3D-printable High torque servo/gear reduction: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3292860 'BOOM box' high voltage capacitor bank case: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2980012 Subby the interactive youtube subscriber robot: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2928254 robot hand || bionic hand prosthesis prototype: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2838239 3D-printable linear actuator: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2783959 Mini 3D-printable crossbow: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2710472 8 legged spider robot: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2470882 best 3D-printable bearing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2349065 Have a nice day!