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print it / Magic Ball Kinetic Desk Sculpture

This is a motorized Version of the Magic Ball for your Desk!
I used a USB Motor so no electrical knowledge is required.

You need

"TT Motor DC5V 59RPM CCW Single Axis". Can be bought for roughly 1€.
1 Housing
1 Top
1 Bottom
1 Driving Gear
3 Gears 1
3 Gear 2
3 Gear 3
3 Gear 4
1 Gear 5
1 Bevel Gear
1 Cone Gear
1 Heart
1 Motor Gear
13 Big Connectors
7 Small Connectors
2 Small Long Connectors
1 Big Long Connector

Print Settings

Try to print Gears 1-5 as light weight as possible. That makes the sculpture smoother in the end.
The “Top” Piece may need supports depending on your printer.
Everything else prints with standard settings. No supports.

Assembly

I made an Assembly Video: Watch the video

Technical Data

One sculpture takes roughly 18h to print and 400g of Filament in total.
I used Protopasta Nebula Multicolor
and Polymakers PolyTerra Black