Toy Dump Truck (split) by miketanct

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

This is a cut-up version of barspin's Toy Dump Truck (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:537153) which I had wanted to print as close to the intended scale as possible, but my tiny printer could not managed even at 50% scale.
So I had to chop up the 3 main parts of the truck into halves. The wheels and axles were able to fit so I did not modify them and they are not included in the files here. I used this technique in Fusion 360 to make the split - https://screencast.autodesk.com/main/details/058c63ba-23c4-4b96-a218-d86a52afbadd
Fillets have also been added to the corners that turned out somewhat still pointy in the print. This should make it safer as a toy for toddlers.
Another modification I did was the slight lengthening of the pivot pins on the flatbed while at the same time stretching the pivot holes on the base into through-holes. This is to make the flatbed more secure once attached to the base. To overcome the difficulty of slotting the longer pins into the holes, I simply heated one of the ears of the hinge with the flame from a lighter for a few seconds. This allowed me to bend it a little without breaking it. Once I have bent it enough to insert the pivot pins, I quickly pressed that ear back in place and held it firmly there until it has completely cooled.
I still had to scale this split version slightly down in the slicer (0.93x) in order to fit my M3D printer.