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The nightmare inducing mechanism of Road Show pin remake continues. The last piece of the CAD design puzzle is the eyelid mechanism. If this...

The nightmare inducing mechanism of Road Show pin remake continues. The last piece of the CAD design puzzle is the eyelid mechanism. If this goes how I want it to go, it'll be gear driven like the eyes. I considered reusing the actual part, but so many pins where it's broken, so might as well provide everything to make these two knuckleheads live again.

#pinrepair #repair #freecad

It's little dumbass' lap time!#cats #catsofmastodon

It's little dumbass' lap time!

#cats #catsofmastodon

I shall call him... Mini Servo!I originally printed a soda can sized Crow T Robot as the prototype before going for the 1:2 scale one. Now...

I shall call him... Mini Servo!

I originally printed a soda can sized Crow T Robot as the prototype before going for the 1:2 scale one.

Now the mini Crow gets a mini Tom Servo as a friend so they can hang out together on top of the arcade's network rack.

#mst3k #3dprinting

Okay, how did this happen?!Centaur's captive ball escaped its captivity. #pinball #stuckball

Okay, how did this happen?!

Centaur's captive ball escaped its captivity.

#pinball #stuckball

First up was Rudy's lip. This part has been pretty systematically broken in all the Funhouse pins I've dealt with and it appears not...

First up was Rudy's lip. This part has been pretty systematically broken in all the Funhouse pins I've dealt with and it appears not to have been an exception here.

I n00bed away with the boolean modifiers option, removing a cube shaped area from the damaged spot, then added an approximate shape where his upper lip should be and then tried to smooth that in with the sculpting tools.

Here's before and after.

#blender #pinrepair

I'm cleaning up a 3D scan of Rudy's face from Funhouse pin. This scan is of the face plate that was seriously damaged, with several...

I'm cleaning up a 3D scan of Rudy's face from Funhouse pin. This scan is of the face plate that was seriously damaged, with several cracks and dents in it. My #blender skills are bit lacking, but this seems to be a good project to start learning it, I come from 3DS Max and Maya.

My obvious favorite in Blender is the sculpt tool that I had not gotten to use before. That'll seriously help with a cleanup project like this.

This Rudy will eventually end up on my office wall with the fully functional eye/jaw mechanism and some software magic to make it look at passing by people.

#pinrepair

I learned the hard way that the glow in the dark filament will destroy a brass nozzle very quickly.

I learned the hard way that the glow in the dark filament will destroy a brass nozzle very quickly.

Hmm, another nozzle bites the dust. But all in all, this Snapmaker A350 has been extremely reliable in the long run. About 5 years (it's...

Hmm, another nozzle bites the dust.

But all in all, this Snapmaker A350 has been extremely reliable in the long run. About 5 years (it's that early one!), 2 heater elements and many nozzles worn out.

#snapmaker #3dprinter

Words can't convey how much I hate the flipper shaft attachement mechanisms that drive two screws into it. Naturally some previous owner...

Words can't convey how much I hate the flipper shaft attachement mechanisms that drive two screws into it. Naturally some previous owner has also rounded the hex screw heads.

This one's in Bally Star Trek.

Next revision of Road Show's servo bracket finished printing. This one added the eyelid servo, which was bit of a tight fit with the jaw...

Next revision of Road Show's servo bracket finished printing. This one added the eyelid servo, which was bit of a tight fit with the jaw mechanism coming so far up.

Next up: the eyelids themselves. That's probably the most challenging single part because of the shape and space constrains.

#3dprinting #pinrepair

I modelled the whole enclosure for the face mechanism, the in-game version is made of sheet metal, but this one will probably work fine for...

I modelled the whole enclosure for the face mechanism, the in-game version is made of sheet metal, but this one will probably work fine for my wall mounted ornamental version of the thing.

I really need to look into FreeCAD's sheet metal workbench thing, this wouldn't probably be too hard to do out of metal after some lasering.

I also really need to learn the Assembly workbench that came with the 1.0. There's so many mechanical things I'd need to try out before printing.

#freecad

Printing the next set of eyes, I couldn't help myself adding a fun feature into them!I'm gonna put these into built from scratch...

Printing the next set of eyes, I couldn't help myself adding a fun feature into them!

I'm gonna put these into built from scratch Red's head that's going to my office wall.

#3dprinting

Are there 3D scanner apps any more that aren't completely been overrun with expensive subscriptions or just being terribly bad? iOS...

Are there 3D scanner apps any more that aren't completely been overrun with expensive subscriptions or just being terribly bad? iOS version with LIDAR support preferred. I'm not looking for a freebie, just something that isn't enshittified to the max.

#3dscan #3dprinting

This Road Show sector gear had printed during the night and I got to try it out. Needed a small tweak for the axle size, other than it was...

This Road Show sector gear had printed during the night and I got to try it out. Needed a small tweak for the axle size, other than it was spot on.

For those unfamiliar with Road Show's inner workings, this reduction gear + sector gear combo moves Red's and Ted's mouths. These gears get yanked back when the characters get hit by a ball in the chin and the result is often missing teeth in these gears.

But now they're recreated and freely available for 3D printing.

#pinball #pinrepair #freecad #repair

Road Show's geared eye mod progressed today nicely. The new eyeballs had finished printing overnight and this time I used all-white...

Road Show's geared eye mod progressed today nicely. The new eyeballs had finished printing overnight and this time I used all-white filament and painted them so poor Red would look less like the Devil himself had possessed her.

Naturally the intended cuteness turned to yet another freak show when servo limits were way off in the software. After some adjustments the demo that moves the eyes at different speeds seems to work nicely.

The second servo will be part of the same bracket and the eye lids will be driven in the same manner as the eyes.

I'm also toying with the idea of building an extra Red from scratch to be included my hall of fame of pinball part prototypes on my office wall.

#pinball #pinrepair #3dprinting #freecad

More Road Show stuff work in progress. I've already released one part of this mechanism, now I'm making the next one that tends to...

More Road Show stuff work in progress. I've already released one part of this mechanism, now I'm making the next one that tends to break. This moves Red's and Ted's jaw. Rudy in Funhouse has similar part.

I've made the gear wider since there's room.

#pinrepair #freecad

Okay, with the new limits configured after the gear ratio change it looks a bit more sane.

Okay, with the new limits configured after the gear ratio change it looks a bit more sane.

It doesn't actually look creepy at all .... uh, nevermind.

It doesn't actually look creepy at all .... uh, nevermind.

Let's turn the creep factor down couple of notches and make this proto look more like the real thing.

Let's turn the creep factor down couple of notches and make this proto look more like the real thing.

Okay, that seems to work.

Okay, that seems to work.