July 20, 2024
Description
This handy and nicely clicking damage counter is small and satisfying to use. Only 5mm height. Other side of the counter you get numbers 10-100 in 10 point steps and other side of the wheel numbers 110-200 in ten points steps, I had a bit of fun with 3 digit numbers, if you don't like it I guess you can, when broken apart, move the numbers around and make it more normal.
Slicing: Break wheel and shell into parts and you can color them. Or you can take weel that has numbers apart and cut between them and move numbers to their places. And shell you can just cut and break top part into parts so you can change colors. Spring should be just a tiny little bit taller than the numbers wheel to make sure the numbers wheel has room to move. But it's only a single 0.2mm layer higher.
Printing: I had 1 perimeter, 100% infill. In the ready g-code there's white on nozzle 2, red in nozzle 4 and black in nozzle 5. 0.4mm nozzles. I printed all with PLA, works just fine. I guess you can print the spring with PETG to get it softer, but I didn't bother.
Assembly: You will be needing superglue and vaseline for this.
Put square axle to its place on spring, no need to glue yet. You should feel the axle on the both sides of the spring. Note: I have noticed that using arachne to create perimeters leaves axle so loose it does not stay in the middle of spring, then I just put axle straight to its place on shell and put spring after it.
If you want to make sure the spring hands does not get accidentally glued, you can put vaseline on them now. I used a small makeup brush to put vaseline on.
Put tiny bit of glue to shell's square notch, not the numbers window, mind you, and press sping and axle to their place. Hold and let settle.
Put generously vaseline inside of the number wheel, to the part that spring will be in contact with. Put the number wheel on its place.
Put tiny bit of glue to the other shell's square notch. Press it to its place. Hold and let settle. Should be done now!
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial