Exo-Gear: Overshell / Exoskeleton for O.S. Bomba or B-Daman

Equip your O.S. Bomba marble launcher with this ergonomic exoskeleton: Exo-Gear!

It'll make your marble Launching figure more ergonomic to hold and adds support for wide array of accessories.

O.S. Bomba Combability: 
Most existing O.S. Bomba accessories should work fine and dandy with Exo-Gear. Keep an eye out for future accessory releases that are tailor made for Exo-Gear. I got stuff like a laser sight, customizable magazine support, barrel extensions, trigger grip planned out. 😉

OSGEAR/Overshell B-daman Combability:
Exo-Gear is compatible with most OSGEAR B-daman too. (see images for a compatibility chart) 

OSGEAR magazines should work just fine, but barrel combability is a bit more conditional. You'll need to use an OSGEAR barrel to ensure proper alignment with OSGEAR B-daman, and O.S Bomba barrel with OS. Bomba.

Print Instructions:
there are two .3MF's included in case you are feeling lazy.

• One .3mf for Bambu studio + p1p printer + PETG,

• One .3mf for Snapmaker Orca + Snapmaker U1 printer + PETG

Else, you should probably use the STL files and manually configure the settings.

• Enable supports/skirts/brims when necessary (each part will have files notes in the "Files" tab)

• Do not use "Classic" wall generator, use "Arachne" instead. (Should be in the Quality tab)

• Setting "Base pattern spacing" to 1.2mm (or smaller) will help with sag.  (Support Tab>Advanced)

• Don't use Tree supports, use "normal" supports

• STL's should already be in optimal orientation

Support interface alignment:
To get cleaner edges on your "Exo-Gear main/upper", where the supports meet the object, it's recommended that the support interface is perpendicular to the long beams. You'll need to slice and check the result there. if it is not perpendicular, you can either change the "support>pattern angle" setting or just rotate the print 90 degrees.

Print in place or not
The "Exo-Gear Main" is capable of being printed in place (PiP). It'll print the upper + lower at the same time. I find that the tightness of the hinge from this setup is quite preferable over just printing each part individually. Do be warned that the clearance for this PiP is 0.1mm, so if your printer is not capable of such, then it's recommended to just print the upper and lower individually.


Assembling the Exo-Gear: 

1. First, you'll wanna make sure the "Upper" and "Lower" halves of the Exo-Gear are attached together at the hinge.

2. Next, you'll Install a "Cover" Between the two. It just clicks into place. This will secure the Upper and Lower half and prevent them from falling apart easily. (Hinge Tightness can be adjust by using an alternative "Cover" from the Alt parts folder.

3. Now you can clip the Arm units onto the hinges on the side. It's a bit of a tight fit, so try to be careful!

Install Exo-Gear on O.S. Bomba or OSGEAR B-daman: 

If you already got your figure decked out in accessories, make note that some accessories will need to be uninstalled, then reinstalled after Exo-Gear Installation. (ie: Junker unicorn's Snap-Trigger assembly)

1. First, you'll wanna fold open the Exo-Gear. It'll sorta spread out into sort of a cross shape.

2. Next, Insert the O.S. Bomba (or B-daman) into the Exo-Gear. You'll wanna line up the rectangular trigger slot of your figure with the rectangular trigger slot of the Exo-Gear.  

3. (Optional) If you desire, you can install a Barrel at this step. The barrel has two upper pegs, and a single lower peg that looks different from the upper pegs. Insert said lower peg into the round peg hole of the Exo-Gear Lower. Make sure the Barrel will point outwards!

4. Fold up The Exo-gear lower so that it cover's your figures legs/feet.

5. Finally, you should be able to fold down the "Arms" of the Exo-Gear onto the hands (or shoulders) of your figure.

ALT PARTS + STP Notes:
ALT_BombaExoGear_Lower and ALT_BombaExoGear_Upper is just Exo-Gear Main split into its two parts. It's recommended to print them separately if your printer is unable to print a Print-In-Place assembly with a 0.1mm clearance-gap.

The Alternative Covers help increase tightness of the hinge between Exo-Gear upper and lower halves. Normal is "0" because tis the default size. Tight is "0.05mm" because it adds 0.05mm of extra mass on both sides of the Normal. Tightest is "0.1" because it adds 0.1mm of extra mass on both sides of the normal.

BombaExoGear_Arm (tight) Is for when the Exo-Gear fits too loosely in the hand/shoulders of the figure.

STP Parts are not oriented in optimal orientation for printing. STP Parts were Exported from Rhino3d and might have some errors. Hopefully it's easier to modify than STL files!