Hobby Paint Shaker

thingiverse

NOTE: This thing isnt being activley worked on. I did the design about 4-5 years ago, and it worked great for my needs. I've uploaded the STL's here for you to have a go at if you like. Most fastners are made for metric cap heads and certain sized bearings like 608Z and others. Whilst with the right hardware and some basic motor control it does work great, its not a finished "thing" and would do well for a mondernized remix. Paint Shaker that runs off a 12v DC motor. It was inspired by https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1619909, but not directly remixed from. Mount fits Valejo style bottles across its length when using the "tall bottle insert" from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1619909/files, and GW style bottles across the width. Use an elastic band or simmilar to hold the bottoles. Insert a bolt into the holder, and lock it with a lock nut from the bottom. Add some washers and then use some more nuts to lock against the mounting flange, but not too tight as it needs to pivot back and forth by a few degrees. Works fine, but the parts do eventually wear out. Some grease in the ball joint works well, and recommend printing the connecting rod in ABS so it can snap around the ball joint.