BYO Gingerbread Man Bobble

Overview

Build and customize your own gingerbread man bobble with this set of prints, just in time for the holiday season! This gingerbread man is designed to work with 3D Printy 's bobble-head springs and comes with a set of prints for custom decorations, including the following:

- Gumdrop eyes (or buttons) - Frosting smile / frown mouth - Frosting “neutral” mouth - Dapper jacket (my personal favorite) - Rolled-up shorts - Patterned shirt - Suspender pants and shirt Printing

I printed using PLA on the Prusa i3 MK3 with a bunch of different colors at 0.15mm layer height with a 0.4mm nozzle. I recommend using the included g-code, since it is pre-sliced to include color changes, like what are shown in the example photos. If you don't want to change the color, you can just remove and re-insert the filament or re-slice.

I also included the g-code and STLs from 3D Printy 's original spring and base designs that I used for ease of printing. You can find more base and spring options on 3D Printy 's original design page.

The STLs are included if you do want to re-slice. I recommend printing with the same orientation as what is in my g-code, with the “pegs” flat on the print bed. With that orientation you should just need to include supports only on the build plate. I also recommend slowing down print speed to help everything come out clean since some of the parts are quite small.

Be careful when removing support material as the parts can be delicate.

To assemble, just use a little super glue to attach the eyes, mouth, and clothing. The spring can be press-inserted and if it doesn't fit initially I recommend just filing or sanding down the spring peg a little bit until it snaps into place.

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