Digital Model of Tail Development - Design 2Here is a revised tail design; the model has been divided into smaller sections. It also has been altered on the first half to make the movement mostly in only two directions to increase the control over its flexibility. The first two parts printed to test the joint design and flexibility. Unfortunately this design makes it too stiff and the interlocking joint design doesn't have enough allowance to interlock smoothly. I want to work on a new design that finds a middle ground between these two attempts. The circular joint of the last design works perfectly and glues strongly so I will incorporate that in the next model. Design 3Here is the model for the third attempt at the tail design. I chose to use a oval shape at the beginning tapering down into the very flexible round centre. Here are some test prints of this new design in the same TPU filament but in black as it is a experimental print just to see if the movement and joint design works as intended. The flexibility of this design is perfect - it has the movement side to side as desired but not up and down. The joint mechanism is shown glued below and is a success! Image coming...
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