3D printed skeleton for Crochet Characters

Afinando el esqueleto impreso en 3D

Cada vez está mejor.  Siempre se le pueden hacer ajustes.  Pero con esto tengo para hacer unos cuantos elfos.

El próximo no tiene nombre todavía pero voy a ver si puedo usarlo para hacer un PDF con instrucciones.  Colocaré los archivos para imprimir, instrucciones para armarlo, e instrucciones para hacerle la piel en crochet y como colocar el relleno.



La familia lo recibe.  Que es eso de la cigüeña?...

A estos elfos los hacen las impresoras 3D!!...

Esto es lo que puede hacer:

En más detalle, las partes vistas de cerca:

 El cuello debe ser más corto para que no se doble al apretar el tornillo.

Los pies llevan un imán.

Necesito tornillos con tuercas más chicas.  En estos días voy a intentar conseguirlos para los próximos elfos.  También hay que verificar que las piezas no se doblen mucho al apretar los tornillos.  Tal vez tenga que colocarlos más cerca de las zonas donde aprietan la esfera de la articulación.  Eso también será más fácil si consigo tornillos más finos.  El más fino que encontré son de 1/8 de pulgada o sea 3 y algo mm.  Pero se que hay de 2mm y si las tuercas son más chicas mejorará bastante.  

Si les llama la atención les agradezco que me dejen comentarios en florita61@gmail.com.  Los pueden dejar en cualquier idioma que si no lo conozco me las arreglo con el Google translate.

También me gustaría si me hacen sugerencias.   

Gracias por interesarse por mi trabajo!!!   Es un placer compartirlo!

I finished Raquel, she is ready.

Almost all joints work.  I have to fix some issues in the hips, because the pelvis bone bends and the screws can't do their job properly.

I am happy with the results.

As soon as finish the twitching I will see to sell the stl files for anyone interested in buying the whole skeleton.

Here are my babies,  the old ones with copper wire, Mostazia with a very bad skeleton.  She cannot even stand properly.  And Raquel with the new skeleton.

Finishing Raquel with her new 3D printed skeleton.

Still working on the new elf...

The body, legs and arms are ready.  I have to adjust Raquel head a little bit for the future elves.  I made her upper lip bone wider, and I have to change the part that connects with the neck.

I did her head with Maya.  For the rest of the skeleton I am learning to use Fusion 360.  I find this software better for 3 D printing.  My problem is, it is a little different from Maya.  Long bones and articulations are easy to figure out but the eyes, nose and lips still are a challenge for me in
Fusion.  That is why I will adapt Raquel's head to the new elves.

The other difficulty are the screws.  The very small ones I mean.  To use in the fingers.  I spent the whole morning going from store to store downtown, but could not find screws smaller than 1/8 of an inch. I could find a shorter 1/8 screw though.  So tomorrow I will work making the finger bones thinner, so they fit in the crocheted fingers.

That is why I still didn't finish Raquel.

Here is what I have made for the new elf:

Ready to play...

This new 3D printed skeleton is working!!!

I am so anxious that I will not wait till it's finished.

I am making a new elfoid, but I decided to fix Raquel skeleton first.

It isn't ready yet, but it is looking good.

This is what I have been doing these past days.

And this is how Raquel is looking...

She can stand up easily,  Move her legs, feet, arms, hands, head and body.  She will have articulated fingers too.  Tomorrow I will go and see if I can find very small screws for the fingers.

As you can see my house is a mess.   I had some surgery done to my mouth (implants), so you can see the Doctor's indications, the pills,  mixed with my working tools.  This is so much fun!!!

New 3D design for 3 D printing works!!

Capillary copper didn't work, it breaks.  I continue my new idea and I think this might be the solution.

Still trying to get a skeleton for my amigurumis...

After some time I had other occupations I finally returned to my project of a posing amigurumi.

The last idea I developed works.  Not as good as 3mm copper wire though.

tightening the screws I can get enough friction to hold the pose.  I also added a magnet to the feet.

Now that I found this way which is pretty good, I bought an air conditioner for my living room.  The man that came to install it, showed interest in my work, as he saw the elfoids and the 3D printer working.

I told him about how good the 3mm copper wire one core was, and how it is not used any more for electricity, so I had a hard time finding it.   And he told me about another type of 3mm copper wired, used for airconditioning. 

Today I bought 3 meters of capilar copper wire, 2 mm thick.  I have to rethink all the skeleton again, but I think it may improve my goal.  It looks strong, can bend, the only precaution is it breaks if you fold it more than 90 degrees, so I will have to plan how to do my 3D parts to let it bend just a bit.  It will take less plastic I think.  

So I will be thinking for a while.  

I appreciate any ideas.  My email is florita61@gmail.com

Estoy en una pausa con los muñecos, pero me encanta el juego que hizo mi hijo

Aquí hay una persona que jugó el juego FELIS hasta el final.  Me gusta mostrarlo porque aunque yo no juego a este tipo de juegos, me gustó mucho el trabajo artístico.

I NEVER SEEN SO MUCH R.I.P BEFORE! ||FELIS|| Letsplay

RAQUEL Y PACO

Creo que el sistema de articulaciones tipo humanas no me va a llevar a buen puerto con mi proyecto.

Me han sugerido que las haga como engranajes enfrentados y unidos por algún tipo de material elástico.

Yo lo voy a hacer con un cordón elástico grueso.

Si alguna persona lee esta página y se le ocurre alguna idea mejor, me pueden contactar a florita61@gmail.com y se los agradeceria mucho.