Designing a Simple 3D Printed Rubber Band Car Using Autodesk Fusion 360

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Designing a Simple 3D Printed Rubber Band Car Using Autodesk Fusion 360

Published at 2024-05-08
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gzumwalt

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8SxPcwOJI "Designing a Simple 3D Printed Rubber Band Car using Autodesk Fusion 360" is a tutorial illustrating how I designed, printed and assembled a simple rubber band powered car for the kids and grandkids. This little "pocket size" car will not win any distance or speed records, but the kids and grandkids love it for table top racing, it's quite durable, and it runs in two modes; "power" and "coast". Power mode is when the car is unwinding the rubber band from the axle. When the rubber band is completely unwound, it disconnects from the axle allowing the car to enter coast mode for additional distance. The symmetrical design of the car requires eight 3D printed parts (two chassis sides, two axles, and four wheels) yet only three unique parts (chassis, axle and wheel), with all parts small enough to fit on most if not all 3D printers. I've included a step by step video of the design and assembly process, the Autodesk Fusion 360 cad file "Rubber Band Car v1.f3d" containing the design (familiarity with the Autodesk Fusion 360 environment is highly recommended), and all .STL files required to print the car. As usual, I probably forgot a file or two or who knows what else, so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask as I do make plenty of mistakes. Designed using Autodesk Fusion 360, sliced using Cura 3.5.0, and printed in PLA on an Ultimaker 2+ Extended and an Ultimaker 3 Extended.

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Christoph Podkowik
Christoph Podkowik
over 4 years
Nice and simple. Hard to get the O-Rings in that exact size in Germany, Looks like not a standard here - so I changed the tires. I also had a hard time getting the Axle into the chassis, so I had to scale down the Axle a few mm. I just realized I printed them with 0.2mm layer height. Very likely that was the issue. Thanks
gzumwalt
gzumwalt
about 6 years
@Erik de Bruijn Thank you so very much for your comment, it is truly an honor! I started working with Autodesk Fusion 360 just over two years ago, and with all of its features, I've yet to figure it out! Hopefully, this model and video will encourage others into, and shorten the learning curve for, designing with Autodesk Fusion 360. Many, many thanks again, it is indeed an honor. Greg
UltiErik
UltiErik
about 6 years
It's really awesome how you create a fun toy in such a simple way and document the whole thing in a way that most people would think: "Wait, I can do that!" A great way to get people into designing things that have fun mechanism and that is fun and looks good! Loving it, I always look forward to the next one! And again, this definitely deserves to be featured!

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