Flexagon Parts

Thanks to scottychop and VengefulTwinky for their efforts!  The completed Flexagon operated smoothly!

I used Fusion 360 to repair and separate out one of the six filament connectors from the "Flexagon Fidget" by scottychop at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2706965 . Nice design but the stl files were not working properly.

I also rotated the remixed "Remodeled Flexagon Body" by VengefulTwinky here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3539441 by 30 degrees to lay flat and then aligned the bottoms of both parts to print simultaneously.

The two parts are one sixth of a Flexagon that is assembled with 1.75mm filament. The filament is inserted and left about 1/8" long on each side before being melted over with a hot piece of metal to hold it in position.  I heated up the tip of a flat screwdriver to melt the ends.  I could have just used superglue but I figure I can easily repair any broken filament in the future if necessary without the glue. The hole sizes, as I recall, is 2.4mm for the 1.75mm filament.  

I also made a new stl that hollows out the body to make it print a little faster and for aesthetics for another option (prints without support).  The solid and hollow body parts are compatible with each other.

Print the pair of parts six times for a complete Flexagon. Optionally, I added one complete stl with all twelve parts to print at once.

I have printed this at 0.28 layer height and saw that the filament did fit nicely in the holes. Support is not needed.

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