Flow arts practice dragonstaff v1

I spent some time looking for files for a practice dragon staff. Unfortunately, the options I found were mostly paid STLs, along with people telling me to “respect someone’s hard work” or "make one yourself if it is so easy".

Well… it was.

I have almost no experience designing things like this, but since we’re talking about two decorative rings on a tube, not a recipe for enriching uranium, I figured I could probably manage. Few hours later, Version 1 was ready.

After several days of printing, I finally have a finished product, and I’m happy with how well it works.

The hub is split into several parts so it can fit on a 26 × 26 cm build plate. If you have a printer with a 40 cm or larger, you can print the hub as a single piece. If the one piece version isn’t available yet, it’ll be uploaded shortly. 

Each head weighs a little over 400g, 40cm in diameter, have 22mm staff mount, and is intentionally very soft.

-0.2 layer

- 4 walls

-10% infill

-TPU 95A

-22mm staff mount. 

Feel free to modify the models however you like. Different infill, wall count, dimensions, shapes. You’re free to experiment.

For gluing the parts together, I recommend polyurethane glue. Superglue will also work, but joints will partially crack after some use.

I’ll probably add a few more designs and shapes over time,

You are free to print these models for yourself, print them for other people, sell them, or give them away.