Dual Garden Spinner v2 - Stronger Snap Together Easy Print

⚠ Be Careful in High Winds

These designs can spin extremely fast in strong winds.  At high wind speeds, the parts may become damaged, come apart, or shatter, potentially causing damage or injury.  Leaving them up in freezing temperatures can also weaken them over time.

What’s New in V2

V2 is a substantially strengthened redesign of the original Dual Garden Spinner.

For V2, I redesigned several of the areas that were most prone to failure:

• Thicker wings provide increased strength and resistance to flexing.

• Larger, stronger snap connectors are designed to better withstand the forces generated by high-speed spinning.

• More robust hubs provide additional strength at the center of the spinner.

• Steel-wire reinforced center supports are now available as an option. These supports have a hollow channel that allows an 11-gauge steel wire to be inserted through the center, dramatically increasing the stiffness and strength of the support.

The result is a significantly more robust spinner that should better withstand the forces generated by strong winds.

V2 is not compatible with V1. If you're building a new spinner, V2 is the recommended version. V1 files are retained for anyone who has already started or completed a V1 build.

Settings

• Materials

  • ASA (recommended due to UV resistance)

  • PLA works but isn't as robust

• Supports: None

• Walls: 5

• Infill

  • Wings: 100%

  • All others: 35% adaptive cubic

Parts

Spinner Assembly

• Double sided spinner

  • Main Assembly

    • Choose one of these options:

      • Reinforced: garden_spinner_double_assembly_metal_reinforced

        • Requires 2 metal rods during assembly for reinforced version.

      • Standard: garden_spinner_double_assembly_standard

  • Print 12 wings total. They can be any of the v2 designs.

  • Print 2 caps of your choice.

    • Standard

• Single sided spinner

  • Main Assembly

    • Choose one of these options:

      • Reinforced: garden_spinner_single_assembly_metal_reinforced

        • Requires a metal rod during assembly for reinforced version.

      • Standard: garden_spinner_sinigle_assembly_standard

  • Print 6 wings total. They can be any of the v2 designs.

  • Print 1 cap of your choice.

Wings

Wings can be used interchangeably. You need 6 wings for each spinner hub.

• Standard

  • File: wing

    

• Simple Petal

  • File: wing_simple_petal

    

• Rose Petal

  • File: wing_rose_petal

  

Caps

Caps can be used interchangeably. You need 1 cap for each spinner hub.

• Large Cap

  • File: cap-large

    

• Small Cap

  • File: cap-small

    

Hardware

• 608 Bearing x2

  • 8mm x 22mm x 7mm

• Wall Mount

  • Screws x2 (only if using wall mount)

• Pole Mount

  • Garden Stake or wooden dowel around 12mm or .43 inches diameter

  • Zip tie (optional for pole mount)

• Metal Rods

  • 11 gauge galvanized garden staples

  • Heavy duty wire cutters to cut them

  • These can be found on Amazon.

• Strong Exterior Glue

  • I use gorilla glue

  • Needed if using the reinforced support

Assembly Instructions

Reinforced Support

These instructions show how to setup the optional metal reinforced support. If you are not using the metal rod, make sure to print the normal support. Not the metal reinforced support.

•  Cut off the sharp end of the garden staple and pass it into the support.

• Mark where to cut off the other end.

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• Cut the staple to size.

• Coat the staple piece with glue and slide it into the support.

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Spinner Assembly

• Press fit 608 bearing into center of each hub

• Insert retaining_ring into each hub.

• Slide hubs onto support shafts of mount_pole.

  • Make sure the side of the hub with the smaller hole is facing out.

• Place bearing_spacer onto each support shaft.

• Starting from the flat side of each shaft, slide a cap down until it is even with the hub. 

• insert all wings into the hubs. The flat side of the wings should be facing outward.

  • Note: To prevent the wings from flying off in severe winds, I recommend using some super glue when inserting the wings.

• If mounting to wall:

  • Screw wall mount to wall using 2 wood screws.

  • Slide the bottom of the spinner assembly over the wall mount.

• If mounting to pole:

  • Insert a zip tie into the hole at the bottom of the spinner assembly.

  • Slide assembly onto a garden stake (or dowel) and tighten zip tie.

Attribution

Special thanks to richardglick over on TinkerCad. Their “curve shape” was used in creating this model. https://www.tinkercad.com/things/5yYe6kiqqM0-curve-shape