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Hummingbird Remix
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by GeoDave June 26, 2018

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 First of all I want to thank gzumwalt for such an interesting
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but also had to change the tolerances of the bushings and
gear holes. Think I changed 30 of the 38 parts and added a
hand crank since I was not going to use a motor. I started
Tags to use the hand crank that someone else designed, but
then I ended up making a motor gear axle so it stayed in
hummingbird place better. Most of the tolerances I made .4mm difference
in diameter from Male to Female connections. For the
gears, I initially did not have the bevel on the outside of the
gears, but after I changed the compound gear to a bevel
cut it works better. The bushings that go inside the gears I
License changed from 8.0mm to 8.9mm diameter to make them a
little thicker. Consequently, I also had to change the gear
holes. Since I had to change the Base a little, I also made
the corners rounded.

Hummingbird Remix by GeoDave is licensed There are 2 versions of the base, one hollowed out on the
under the Creative Commons - Attribution - bottom Base_Mod_HollowBot_Rev9.stl & one solid
Non-Commercial - Share Alike license. Base_Mod_Rev9.stl.

The threaded parts I used a non-standard threading for

better printing at .2mm layer height, by changing the
thread pitch from 1.0 to 1.25 & Thread_Angle = 40. To
modify any of the openscad files that use the threading,
you will need to download the threads.scad file from
http://dkprojects.net/openscad-threads/ . I put the settings
for the threads in the ThreadSettings.scad file, so if you
want to adjust the threading it only needs to be done in
one place. The height of the threads is the only threading
variable that changes from part to part. After some tests, I
could have used the standard 1.0 pitch & 30 angle if I was
printing them at .1mm height.

I included all the parts needed for this design. 6 of the parts
I did not change. The parts I changed have _Mod in the
name & there is an associated scad source file for each of
those. If you are using the motor as mentioned in original
design use the GearMotor_10_Mod_Rev8.stl. If you are
using the Crank_Mod_Rev6.stl use
GearMotor_Axle_Rev8.stl.

Things I might change if I reprint this is to make the sphere

on the Pivot_Wing slightly bigger so the connecting rod
stays on better. Looks like there is room to make that
bigger. I would also add another screw where the birds
beak meets to body & pull the beaks together. Looks like
that would not bind the gears any.

Follow the instructions of the original design:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Hummingbird/

One thing to watch out if you are using the Crank instead
of the motor is to install the GearMotor_10_Mod_Rev.stl
before the gears around it otherwise the fat axle will not
get by the other gears.

For my use while testing this, I made the heads on the bolts
hex head so I could easier tighten them. The versions I
uploaded have a flat surface on 2 sides of the round heads
to tighten if the allen wrench hole does not work well. I also
made 2 flat sides on the spacers inside the gears.

There is an openscad file for each part I changed in case

you want to modify this further. If I left something out, let
me know.
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