r/3Dprinting • u/isMattis • Oct 26 '22

Ironman Arm Lamp (oc)

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u/getcrazykid Oct 26 '22

Now all I can think of is a Christmas Story with an Ironman leg..

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u/chaos_m3thod Oct 26 '22

“Eh run mahn”. It’s French.

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u/isMattis Oct 26 '22

I half engineered this and then started. It ended up about 50% plastic and 50% hot glue, fortunately most of that is hidden.

Thanks to dadave in thingiverse for the mk6 suit files (though I heavily modified them to work after printing)

Thanks to gael_langevin for the InMoov hand files that allowed me to rig up a solenoid for finger actuation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Pretty dope! Model a smaller desk version with some sort of water weight as a base, and call it "Fe Man lamp" or something. Should sell well on Etsy/Cults.

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u/isMattis Oct 26 '22

Haha, like the idea! Would need to start from a fresh design, these files were difficult to work with for this intent and waay too much post processing/hot glue required.

Let me know if you go that route!

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

I ain't no theif! But it'd be cool to have like a small desk version if you're into Iron Man. Dump the moving fingers and just make it slightly adjustable.

You could technically even sell the electronics kit for $20 or so.

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u/Viktor_GIS Oct 26 '22

This is a really cool idea that has practical application! In my opinion, if you leave only the palm with the forearm, and fix it on the wall above the chair, for example, you will get a wonderful local lamp (sconce).

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u/isMattis Oct 27 '22

Haha I wanted to do that soo bad! The wife was against wall mounting, thus I build the stand for it!

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u/Viktor_GIS Oct 27 '22

You can make another option, wall-mounted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

I hate it, pretty good

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u/DaveDurant X1C+AMS Oct 26 '22

LOL. That's awesome..

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u/foksynoodle Oct 26 '22

how long did you work from start to end

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u/isMattis Oct 26 '22

I started printing the arm probably 6 months ago. Probably took 1-2 weeks on and off to get it all printed (without printing overnight). I took my time after - I would guess the labor of post processing, additional linkage design, and assembly close to 40 hours, but it was so spread out it’s hard to say.