Hummingbird

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Hummingbird is a hummingbird themed automata I designed for my wife, who smiles from ear to ear while feeding and watching the gathering hummingbirds at our home. Hopefully it will bring smiles to many more faces. A video of Hummingbird in action is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8LeKPo7do Hummingbird consists of 97 3D printed parts (38 unique parts) and, as I discovered, requires plenty of time and patience to print, assemble and tune. Along with the 3D printed parts, Hummingbird also requires a "uxcell 16mm DC 6V 60RPM Speed Torque Gear Box Electric Motor for Robot" (available from a variety of sources), a 6vdc power source, and four 1/4" or thicker stick on felt or rubber pads (for the base). UPDATE: Thingiverse members arnoldpro and Luke321 have developed a hand crank for this model to substitute for the motor here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2913680. The file "Images.zip" contains all cad images and photographs with original file names to assist in printing and assembling Hummingbird. As usual, I probably forgot a file or two or who knows what else, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask as I do make mistakes in plenty. Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced using Cura 3.2.1 and printed in PLA on both an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and an Ultimaker 3 Extended.