3D Print Your Own WILDLY Over-Engineered Candy Dispenser
This piece is called the Love Conveyor, and nothing demonstrates love like small bits of chocolate coated in delicious, colourful candy. Dubbed (by its creator) the most overly complicated and overly engineered candy dispenser, maybe ever invented; this unique kinetic sculpture lives a double life- it also has the added function of dispensing candy.
This sculpture was designed using Solidworks. The main engineering challenge for this project was to create a decoupling clutch mechanism so the conveyor could spin independently from the candy dispensing mechanism. This allows all the candy on the the conveyor belt to be cleared into the candy dish without more candy being dispensed. This means lots of 3D printed gears, including bevel gears and spur gears, and a 4 bar linkage to control the clutch. This is so much more than a candy dispenser! It also serves as demonstration of how you can 3D print functional mechanical mechanisms with style and ease.
The file download is available here and can be 3D Printed without the need for any tools:
https://jbvcreative.com/collections/stl-downloads/products/the-love-conveyor
Or if don't have a 3D Printer, it can be purchased as a kit or fully assembled here:
https://jbvcreative.com/collections/always-available/products/the-love-conveyor-1
If you're interested in seeing my entire collection of work, look no further than here:
https://www.instagram.com/jbvcreative/
If you would like to support my future endeavours and help keep the JBV Creative Lab running, my Patreon can be found here:
https://www.patreon.com/Jbvcreative
**SHOUTOUT**
The filament for this project was provided by Digitmakers - A great company, run by great people, who know the 3D Printing industry very well. I cannot recommend them enough. Check em out here:
Website: https://www.digitmakers.ca/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/digitmakers
This sculpture was designed using Solidworks. The main engineering challenge for this project was to create a decoupling clutch mechanism so the conveyor could spin independently from the candy dispensing mechanism. This allows all the candy on the the conveyor belt to be cleared into the candy dish without more candy being dispensed. This means lots of 3D printed gears, including bevel gears and spur gears, and a 4 bar linkage to control the clutch. This is so much more than a candy dispenser! It also serves as demonstration of how you can 3D print functional mechanical mechanisms with style and ease.
The file download is available here and can be 3D Printed without the need for any tools:
https://jbvcreative.com/collections/stl-downloads/products/the-love-conveyor
Or if don't have a 3D Printer, it can be purchased as a kit or fully assembled here:
https://jbvcreative.com/collections/always-available/products/the-love-conveyor-1
If you're interested in seeing my entire collection of work, look no further than here:
https://www.instagram.com/jbvcreative/
If you would like to support my future endeavours and help keep the JBV Creative Lab running, my Patreon can be found here:
https://www.patreon.com/Jbvcreative
**SHOUTOUT**
The filament for this project was provided by Digitmakers - A great company, run by great people, who know the 3D Printing industry very well. I cannot recommend them enough. Check em out here:
Website: https://www.digitmakers.ca/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/digitmakers
