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Dotstars, are fragile.

A project log for Christine's Blooming Rose

3D printed, heat formed, servo actuated blooming, Dotstar module lit, rose.

daren-schwenkeDaren Schwenke 03/02/2019 at 04:220 Comments

Unseated, and wired up the Dotstars I was using to light the stem leaves with magnet wire.

Colored the magnet wire for my own sanity with a sharpie.  Mostly worked.

Fed the wires into the stem, so far so good..

Ran the touch sense wire from the leaf, and pressed the modules in, and broke one.

I guess 0.4mm was not enough tolerance for the slot they go into in the stem.  BAH.

Remodeled.  Reprinting.

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And now.. remember to close the printer door after taking your picture, so the part doesn't lift off the bed. I modeled in a 'brim' only on the ends to make cleanup more tolerable, but a consistent temperature is a requirement.

Reprinting.

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