The Claw Machine is finished!

[Anthony Rothert]

Someone else recently mentioned this machine in a post somewhat recently (~last month).  I don't remember the topic or poster but I chose to hold my breath because I actually built one.

A Candy Claw Machine designed by Chris Riley - https://www.printables.com/model/317920-candy-claw-machine-chriss-basement

We wanted a claw machine as a reward method for our kids.  The cheap toy ones on amazon are junk.  A real machine requires space, time to restore, and a hunt for limited info and parts to fix.  So I thought that one could be printable.  Then I found Chris' machine.  
Then I realized some of his parts require a 300x300 print bed.  I have 300 mm round.  I couldn't print those square pegs on my round printer.  You know, that age old challenge.  That got the gears turning about how to do this. 

I am working on a more detailed writeup for printables and makerworld, but for now, here is the summary:

- Custom victorian-esque, vintage look
- use the hologram textured beds as much as possible

- make everything printable on a 180 mm x 180 mm x 180 mm build volume printer
- do it as cheap as possible (FAILED; oh well).

So this is how it turned out!  It runs full Marlin 2.1 firmware on a Mega2560 and Ramps 1.4 clone boards.

 

More pictures to come.  Can I seriously only post a single picture at a time?

[Anthony Rothert]

More pics!  Really google... only 1 pic per post? sheesh.  Dial up is dead.  

    

[Anthony Rothert]

One pic at a time... dont overload the google...

Alright, more pics loaded onto a google drive folder.  
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zTq99URoDK1nu0bXfdV9wuNwyB7SO31g?usp=sharing

There were several iterations of some things but obviously the photos with it full of candy in the living room corner are of the final version.

A keen eye might notice that the power supply housing isn't printable on a 180^3mm printer.  I chose to repurpose a power supply from an old printer.  
I should have just bought the much smaller 12v supply from Chris Riley's build BoM.  I wouldn't have needed to buy the 24v to 12v buck converter then make another housing for it.

[James Fackert]

that machine is awesome! great work.

Who says 3d printing nerds dont print useful stuff?    ;<)))

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[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Anthony - all I can say is WOW - Great stuff!

You CAN post multiple pics in a posting. Look at my posting of Bot-Guy Journey as an example!

-Kurt

[Anthony Rothert]

Thanks James and Kurt! 

Kurt, I see that its possible but for some reason I keep getting "message too long" errors when I try to post more than 1 pic.  

Here is the link to the Printables remix: https://www.printables.com/model/1221425-sweet-scoop-remix-of-the-chris-riley-candy-claw-ma
and the MakerWorld remix: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1210634-sweet-scoops-remix-of-chris-riley-s-candy-claw

[Kurt Gluck]

Just WOW 🤯 

Kurt-A (The other non evil Kurt)

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Yeah Mr. Doppelgänger - WOW Indeed - but, still - I guess I'm evil...

-K