Kongotronic 3000 TIME DEFENDER Robot Clock

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While no one has discovered a way to defeat our enemies the Chronophages, the engineers at KONGO! have devised a new weapon to monitor the progress of the time stealing fiends. Print your own Kongotronic 3000 Series TIME DEFENDER and not only will you never again be in doubt that time IS BEING STOLEN FROM YOU, but you'll know precisely HOW MUCH time! And you can help improve the TIME DEFENDER! There are expansion ports on the head that have yet to be utilized. There is a submission form upon which you can doodle your ideas. Build the ideas yourself, or send them to KONGO! and perhaps we'll include them in a future update. Be sure to "watch" this object, there will be updates. Like what? Well, right now there's a hook on the robot's back so it can be hung on a wall, but its tank treads are too long to allow that. Alternate legs will have be made. And doesn't he need a big ray gun to hold? Don't need a clock, you say? There's plenty of room in that big ol' body to hold other projects. Projects involving meters are a perfect fit. UPDATE 3/19/2013 - Now with Easter Bunny ears accessory UPDATE 12/22/2013 - Now with Santa Hat - Can be printed without support (has a breakaway support built in, under the tab that holds the hat on the robot's head). COMING SOON - PAPERCRAFT VERSION Hey folks, I'm a freelancer. I put many hours into this project, not to mention countless meters of 1.75mm PLA filament, making sure this would be an exceptional Thingiverse contribution. Heck, I even created a faux package design so you can make a nice gift box. If you appreciate this level of work, if it puts a smile on somebody's face, if you tip well at restaurants, consider some form of patronage. Whether it's a few dimes, a few dollars, or a few meters of filament, I'd be very grateful. I'll even add your name to a patron list on this page. Message me through Thingiverse or my direct email, "kongorilla at yahoo dot com" (please convert to a real address). My paypal account is linked to that yahoo address as well. Thanks! Need some modeling work done? Contact me for that, too. PATRON LIST A special THANK YOU TO Bluemetal for becoming the first patron for this project! davelandia - Thank you for your patronage! Framingr - Thank you, too! Trevor L from the Great White North - email me for a proper thank you! (I couldn't reply to your payment) BigLazyB - Thanks for your amazing generosity! Instructions All the files you need are in the zip file. You'll need a quartz clock movement. They're commonly found in craft stores or in the cheap clocks you've got in your garage because you don't like them anymore. I'm not sure how standardized they are, but the three I found in my house were virtually identical (above is a photo of the movement I used). I'm anticipating some variation, though, so if the movement mount or dial doesn't fit your clock movement, shoot me a message with the specs you need and I'll be happy to make adjustments for you. You'll also need a small amount of glue. I used super glue. I also used stick glue to attach the paper printout of the clock dial to the printed part it goes on. I was surprised how well the stick glue worked on PLA. Printing and assembling the clock should be fairly straight forward, though time consuming. I've included instructions for assembling the arms because they have to be done in a particular order (see picture). I'm hoping all other questions are covered by the exploded view (see another picture). The clock movement and mount have to be pushed in from the back. All the visible parts have mesh topology that is subdivision surface compatible. So, if you have a printer that is much better than mine and you can see unwanted polygon facets, you can go into the Blender file and raise the subdivisions for the offending object. Hurray for virtually infinite resolution! This model will be useful for years to come, even when we're printing parts for our flying cars. I didn't use Blender-specific features on the mesh (such as marking hard edges), so the model can be subdivided in any software package that supports subdivision surfaces (pretty much all mesh modeling programs).