Daisy Love Oracle Spinner, Magnetic Fidget Spinner Game

Daisy Love Oracle Spinner

Loves me, loves me not? Skip the petal plucking: flick the daisy, let it run on its bearing, and wait for the magnetic click that parks one answer in the window.

The magnets are the secret: they make the spin noticeably smoother and end every run with a soft, steady click. It is surprisingly soothing.

Six answers to one question

The pins follow the French version of the game, from "pas du tout" to "à la folie": a broken heart, two shy smiles, a face with floating hearts, heart eyes and a heart with Cupid's arrow. They clip in and out, so you can stack the odds in your favour, or against your friends.

Under the daisy

A print-in-place roller bearing gives a long, smooth spin. Two sets of six 5 x 1 mm magnets slow it down with a soft click and stop it with one pin right under the window. The rim has 24 grip bumps, one under each of the 24 petals, so your fingers find it without looking.

A fidget with a question in it

Keep it on the desk: flick, listen to the bearing, feel the click. It is as good for idle spinning during a long call as for settling who loves whom at a party.

What you print

The spinner with its bearing and the daisy cover print together on one plate; the six answer pins and the pin ejector come in a second file.

One size

Magnets, during the print

You need twelve 5 x 1 mm disc magnets. The pause is already set in the file.

1. When the printer pauses, press a magnet into each pocket: 6 in the spinner, 6 in the cover.

2. Put every magnet in with the same pole facing down. Keep them on one stack and slide them off the same end so none gets flipped.

3. Resume the print: the next layers close over the magnets.

How to play

1. Clip the six answer pins into the spinner.

2. Push the daisy cover onto the hub until it clicks. It only fits one way: a chamfered edge stops it going in upside down, and a fine groove in the cover snaps over a bump in the spinner.

3. Hold the yellow heart of the flower between thumb and finger, flick the rim with the other hand.

4. Wait for the click and read your answer in the window.

To swap answers, push a pin out from below with the pin ejector.

Printing

The bearing prints in place, no supports anywhere. The settings are already in the files. Printing from your own profile? Use these:

• Walls: 2

• Infill: 15% gyroid

• Supports: none

• Brim: none

• Seam: random for the spinner. An aligned seam builds a small ridge on every bearing roller and the spinner turns stiffer.

• Plate: SuperTack (any smooth or textured PEI plate works too)

• Pause: before the layer that closes the magnet pockets

• Colours: one for the spinner; four for the cover (petals, outline, green, yellow heart); three for the pins (yellow, red, black)

Tips

• A few drops of lubricant in the bearing help a lot.

• If the bearing feels stiff off the plate, give it a few slow turns to free the rollers.

• Print the spinner in standard or silk PLA rather than matte: less friction, longer spins.

• Print a few extra broken hearts for the friend who always asks.