Collapsible Flowers by Renosis
- Flower – Collapsible by Renosis
I don’t know about you, but no small part of why I bought a 3D printer was so that I could make toys. There are no end of very practical applications for 3D printing, but making toys is probably my favorite. With Thingiverse abound with mashups and derivatives, each new Thing uploaded has the potential to be hacked into something else entirely. If I’m not mistaken, Renosis’ collapsible flower is the first collapsible toy uploaded to Thingiverse. How long before we have a collapsible cat, dog, or dragon?
This is a Collapsible Flower or push puppet. You push the button on the bottom and the flower goes limp. Designed in OpenSCAD, Source Files included.
*** UPDATE *** I have made a change to the Button... which is located in Flower-Red.stl and also on the Flower-Tray.stl. I have also uploaded a new version of the OpenScad file with the changes. Basically, it makes the button shorter, which allows for more movement in the pot, which will make the flower go even limper! It makes it look much nicer. New video posted below!
Here is a Video of the flower in action:youtube.com/watch?v=PjEeOx-yp4o
Updated Video Showing the old and new versions of the flower:youtu.be/K2dZtu1U94U
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joe black
Interesting stuff
Janet Schultz
I think this collapsible flower idea would be a great idea for a whole bouquet. say Bridal rehearsal gag bouquet