Fidget Spinners??

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:27 pm

Hello guys. New to site . Love all you guys do. My 8 year old son wants to make some fidget spinners. Does anyone have a DXF files or can someone make a couple. Thanks in advance. Thanks Craig

Post by **harrymorley** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:31 pm

whats a fidget spinner?

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:52 pm

These are handheld toys kids are playing with. They have small skateboard bearings in them. They hold in hand and spin.

hemichargersrt8 · Post by **hemichargersrt8** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:56 pm

These seem popular, I don't get it, but....
They seem to use 22 mm bearings, but I would use whatever size you can find cheap, resize the holes to match the bearing outside diameter and epoxy the bearings in place. Use material thickness to match bearing thickness.

spinner 1.DXF

spinner 4.DXF

spinner 3.DXF

spinner 2.DXF

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:44 pm

WOW. Thanks so much. My son will be so Happy. Hemi I sent you a message.

Metal teacher · Post by **Metal teacher** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:03 pm

thanks

motoguy · Post by **motoguy** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:31 pm

My son brought one of those home last week. I played with it a while, too.

Didn't know they were called "fidget spinners". The designs above look neat...thanks! I think these would be better suited to a 3d printer, though, vs plasma. My son's plastic one can spin mighty fast...I hate to think what it could do to a digit, if it's made of 3/16" material...

Capstone · Post by **Capstone** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:31 am

These "fidget spinners" are a phenomenon sorta like the hackey-sacks when I was a kid. The basic idea is that there are a bunch of people who have OCD/ADD tendencies and this "fidgeting" helps calm a portion of their brain to enable better concentration on the task at hand. What has grown from it is an ever increasing amount of precision and speed through the use of ceramic space-age bearings and highly precise milling of rare metals. I actually met a couple of guys that produced a fidget that costs $700 each, and they are pre-sold out already of over 200 of them, so obviously there's a market. I agree that plasma-cut metal will not unfortunately be part of this craze. 3D printing, which I also do, will, but even that has limitations. It's the people with milling machines that will ultimately reap the most profit.

YouTube · Post by **rdj357** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:20 am

Many thanks for sharing the files! I have a laser coming that I plan to customize and cut these from acrylic to sell!

STEEL3470 · Post by **STEEL3470** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:31 pm

ok i have been trying to find acrylic... any suggestions on the best place to get it?

YouTube · Post by **rdj357** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:37 pm

Check out Laserbits.com and Inventables.com

I don't have my laser here yet but i have both of those bookmarked as they have been recommended on several forums.

Post by **Larry83301** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:26 pm

STEEL3470 wrote:ok i have been trying to find acrylic... any suggestions on the best place to get it?

I have used Tap Plastics several times, worked out OK.

https://www.tapplastics.com/

Larry

Metal teacher · Post by **Metal teacher** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:50 pm

thanks, work good with acrlic and co2 laser

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:45 pm

I cut 3 out of 3/16 Steel. Worked great. Waiting on bearings now.

bigworm36 · Post by **bigworm36** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:25 pm

Post some picks once you get the bearings I would like to see how they turned out. I assume you have to drill out the bearing holes so they are more precise?

STEEL3470 · Post by **STEEL3470** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:58 am

bearings is the biggest issue allot of suppliers are running out, im 3 weeks out on my bulk order of bearings,

i cut a few fidgets out of acrylic yesterday and they turned out great just going to press the bearings in and done. im using a laser though.

STEEL3470 · Post by **STEEL3470** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:49 pm

file turned out great thanks

STEEL3470 · Post by **STEEL3470** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:50 pm

here is the pic

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hemichargersrt8 · Post by **hemichargersrt8** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:28 pm

Nice to see people post pics. I always wonder if people only download the files that people take the time to create.

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:42 pm

Looks great. Here are mine. Waiting for bearings now. Thanks Hemi.

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:47 pm

Here we go

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hemichargersrt8 · Post by **hemichargersrt8** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:28 pm

Spin away Vanquish!

seajinx · Post by **seajinx** » Thu May 04, 2017 7:00 am

Thanks hemichargetsrt8, grandson was wanting one of these. great files.

Vanquish · Post by **Vanquish** » Sat May 06, 2017 11:04 pm

I'm having problems with bearing. I first drill a 22mm then we t to 55/64. 22mm to big 55/64 to tight. What are you guys doing. I'm using 3/16 metal. Might have to use a different material. Thanks guys.

Paint Chip · Post by **Paint Chip** » Sun May 07, 2017 8:08 am

Heat the bodies, freeze the bearings? If it's only a few thou seems like they should slide in. Much more than that might make the bearings bind.

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