ThingiversePrint in Place Music Box
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# Parametrized Music Box - Print in Place
also on [MyMinifactory](https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-143523)
and [GitHub](https://github.com/tmackay/ParametrizedMusicBox)
Musical calculations remixed from [Parametric Music Box](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53235)
[See it in action](https://youtu.be/H7jwQiykk-s)
[and in closer](https://youtu.be/OX5avwUwEng)
I'd strongly suggest ABS or something with good fatigue resistance for this one. Not only does PLA not have a good "plink", the fingers won't survive long from being repeatedly plucked. (see below)
Print at 0.2mm layer height (check in preview that the 1-layer gaps are preserved when slicing). Somewhat sensitive to bed level and overextrusion so dial your printer in with a tolerance gauge.
Don't get your hopes up, I was somewhat disappointed by the acoustic properties of PLA but it's a nice little toy none the less.
Post-printing, free up the gears by turning the knob clockwise (due to the direction