Robotic Christmas Teapot

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https://youtu.be/D9yx09USy-Yhttps://youtu.be/cMgMBwbCghE
Thingiverse is still, well, Thingiverse, so files here are missing, are out of order and un-editable. If you wish to make this model, perhaps the following sites would be more helpful:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Robotic-Christmas-Teapot/https://www.youmagine.com/designs/robotic-christmas-teapothttps://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/robotic-christmas-teapothttps://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-105651
"Robotic Christmas Teapot" (my wife calls it Robotic Christmas "Treepot") is a motorized, animated Christmas themed teapot.
The animated mechanism features three axis of rotation; pitch (the spout), yaw (the handle) and roll (the body), plus a "wobbling" circular travel path, and is powered by a 3.7VDC 100MA LIPO battery driving an N20 6VDC 100RPM gear motor. The model draws around 8MA during operation.
And why a teapot? In my early days of designing 3D graphic engines for video game and avionics applications (over forty years ago), for reasons I cannot explain the teapot was the "goto" model for testing CGI / graphic engine rendering speeds. So in memory of my graphic engine design days, I thought I would revive my teapot model in 3D print.
And as usual, I probably forgot a file or two or who knows what else, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask as I do make plenty of mistakes.
Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced using Cura 4.4.0, and printed in PLA on an Ultimaker 3 Extended and an Ultimaker S5.
One final note, I receive no compensation in any form whatsoever for the design, equipment, parts and/or materials used in this model.