Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year Decorations

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Happy Year of the Rabbit! ==================== Continuing my Chinese New Year series, I present Year of the Rabbit decorations. The files include three styles - no hanger, one hanger, and two hangers. This way you can print whichever one suits your purposes. The two hanger version can be combined with charms of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_knot">endless knot</a> or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_(character)">Fú (福)</a> character. Files for these two charms are likewise included. For my Vietnamese friends, Year of the Cat decorations have also been posted. **If you print any of the decorations, please post a make; I'd love to see it! :)** P.S. The Chinese character Fú (福) means "fortune" or "good luck." If it is displayed upside-down, it means "good luck arrives." <hr></hr> <b>General Printing Notes</b> --------------------- * Printed at .2 layer height except as noted below. No support needed. * Filament: Filament: 1.75mm PLA in CC3D ZHUOPU Red Silk and Hatchbox Gold * Printer: Ender 3 * To print with two colours as shown, change filament around layer 7 (double check in your slicer to see which layer works best for your printer). If you don't know how to change colours mid-print, the following links are good places to start: <a href="https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Change-Filament-Mid-print-Using-Cura-48/">Cura 4.8+ filament swap instructions using post-processing script</a> or <a href="https://mattshub.com/blog/2017/04/25/material-change">modifying gcode outside of slicer</a>. <b>File Naming Conventions</b> --------------------- Most differences between the files are the number of hangers. This way they can be combined as you wish or simply used as coasters. The number of hangers are indicated by file names as follows: * filename-0h.stl (no hangers) * filename-1h.stl (top hanger only) * filename-2h.stl (top and bottom hanger) Since there are a lot of STLs, it may be quicker to just download only the ones you want from the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5215446/files">Thing Files</a> page. <b>Split Ring</b> --------------------- This file is the trickiest to print and it might not be worth your time. If you have string or jump rings on hand, that might be your better option. That said, after much model/slicer tweaks, I was able to get repeatable results with my Ender 3. They work quite well for their purpose. Here are the Cura settings I used: * Layer height: .28 (any lower and the print will fuse too much) * Print speed: 10 mm/s * No support * No part cooling You should be able to split the ring apart with a fingernail. Other settings that may help with different machines include printing the outer wall before the inner, and/or reducing flow. <hr></hr> <b>Credits</b> --------------------- I used a variety of free vectors from <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/">Vecteezy</a>. As per Vecteezy's terms of use, here are the attribution links for each file I used: * <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/red-envelope">Red Envelope</a> * <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/chinese-frame">Chinese Frame</a> * <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/year-of-the-rabbit">Year Of The Rabbit</a> Additionally, since their attribution links do not credit the designer, a special shout out to <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/members/callmetak">Takeshi Ishikawa</a> who is the original rabbit vector artist.