New design in progress: Dalek components

I think it would be great to have a printable Dalek with a movable eyestalk, ray gun, and suction cup arm, and rotatable head.  I’m working on building such an animal.  I see the small eyestalk, gun, and arm to be the big challenges here.

I’ve got a reasonably rotatable head – by lopping off the head from the digital design files, adding a little stump, and putting a hole into the Dalek.  More as this progresses.

Plus, since I’ve recently really improved my print quality (and increased print time!) I’m looking forward to re-printing this thing.

Upload right now!!!

Do you have an idea for a printable object that’s been kicking around in your head?  Perhaps you even designed a digital object and you’re patiently1 waiting for your MakerBot to arrive.  Sure, it might be untested or even unprintable.  I discovered that no matter how obscure one of my designs might be someone else is going to be interested in it.  Someone is going to print it, improve it, or give you some feedback.

So, upload the design files and see what happens!

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