Summary
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I purchased one of the German Christmas Carousel's this year and thoughtI would try and design my own version so I could keep it out all year long.
This design uses 14mm Carousel candles available on Amazon, I triedregular tea lights and they did not give off enough heat to rotate theblades. I couldn't locate any candle liners so I made my own fromaluminum foil and punch tool.
This does of course require live flames, so do not leave unattended whenusing. I have gone through quite a few candles now without any issue, butof course be careful and keep and eye on it.
I originally printed the fan blades from PLA+ but they began to warp fromthe heat, I reprinted them from 3DXTech ASA material and they have beenholding up without issue. ABS may also work for these, but I have not triedthat. The other issue I had with heat was when the candles burned all theway down they would really heat up the foil and on my original designbegan to melt the PLA since it was in direct contact. I added a coppercoupling to elevate the candle and help dissipate the heat and this hasbeen holding up nicely. I can burn the candles completely down withoutissue now.
Assembly instruction can be downloaded below (I couldn't figure out howto attach a PDF) https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyl7kvbt1awqzrj/Assembly%20Instructions.pdf?dl=0
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Candle HolderCarousel
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updated 6. 2. 2020 | published 6. 2. 2020
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I went with a PacMan theme for mine, but kept the design open so you canattach whatever theme you want.
I used the ghosts from andrewisme scaled 65% for the top and 90% for thelower scared ghosthttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2840173/files
And Pacman from Zarbuta scaled 90%https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2833881
The Pellets I modeled up and attached the STL
Household > Home Decor
christmaspyramid christmas pyramid pacman light
holder carousel candle
Category: Interactive Art Print Settings
Printer Brand: Prusa
Printer: I3 MK3S
Rafts: No
Supports: No
Resolution: 0.2
Infill: 20%
Filament: Esun, ProtoPasta, 3DXtech PLA+, PLA and ASA Black, High FiveBlueNotes:
Fan Blades from ASAEverything else PLA should be OK, I used E-Sun Black PLA+ and ProtopastaHigh Five Blue
Post-Printing
See the PDF in the files section
Model Files (.stl, .3mf, .obj, .amf) DOWNLOAD ALL FILES
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fan-blade.stl
base.stl
roof.stl
candle-base.stl
fan-spindle.stl
frame.stl
carousel-upper.stl
punch-male.stl
carousel-lower.stl
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punch-female.stl
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