Monument to the Survivors
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A statue celebrating patience and perseverence.
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When Christmas ‘22 came around, I decided to commemorate the passing of the last Covid lockdowns earlier that year with this statue. Also it was be a cheap, mass-producable Christmas gift (don't judge me).
The statue consists of two parts, the pedestal and the virus. I designed it this way a) for printability and b) to set the parts apart. For the latter reason I also recommend printing the virus in glow-in-the-dark filament for a nice, eery effect, should you be set up for it.
Printing:
-The virus was designed with a layerthickness of ≤0.16mm in mind. Since it is assembled with a printed thread, any rougher layers might not work out that well. Also the virus will need a few supports for the upper prong-thingies on each half.
-The pedestal doesn't need any supports and is more forgiving with layerheight, but finer layers will result in more readable text. I myself printed it in 0.16mm layers as well.
Assembly:
Assembly is very simple:
-slighty thread the threaded stud into one half of the virus
-thread the other half onto the other end of the stud and thighten carefully. I wanted this to be toolless, but a plastic thread means after very tight comes very loose. The halved prong-thingies of both virus-halves will line up at the right tightness.
-Seat the virus with one prong-thingie straight down onto the protruding ring on the pedestal. You may want to glue it down, but I decided to leave it loose.