3D Printing Filament Friday #62 - Talking Futurama Bender Bank - Arduino and MAKERFRONT 3D Printer

Chuck combines some of his electronics and 3d printing skills to make a coin activated talking bender bank. The design is based on a Thingiverse bust of Futurama's Bender and then modified in Tinkercad. The electronics are based on the Arduino and a Wave Shield from Adafruit. Check out this weeks Filament Friday to see Bender speak.

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[MakersMuse]

Everyone's been printing this file for weeks and THIS is the best implementation I've seen for it. AWESOME work! Also really like how you actually described how the sensor works, goes a long way. Have a great weekend Chuck!

[ModBotArmy]

Huge futerama fan! Turned out awesome great job :)

[NolanCreate]

Very cool! the board use an sensors are a great addition. Glad to see the aged filament didnt have any issues!

[stevenqneuk]

Cool project. Neo pixels are ultra bright and will easily show through that thickness of print.

[ModBotArmy]

Also really enjoyed you going into detail about the electronics side I am extremely interested in expanding my knowledge of electronics as what I know is self taught from projects I tried and failed until working the last few years. The things I don't understand almost appear magical as in I know this does that but not always why so seeing it broken down like that was definitely interesting to me!

[divadonroda]

pretty cool thanks for shearing Bender needs coins for sure.

[CJPrinting]

awesome work, chuck! nice video and a very cool idea.

[kazolar]

shifting is caused by motors skipping for 2 reasons belt tension or the stepper drivers are overheating.

[VLAHECO]

VERY COOL IDEA..ELECTRONICS ARE BACK :).

[Popesta]

totally awesome!!!! great project! best yet more detail in electronics though please (for next project i mean)

[sinformant]

awesome! my favorite cartoon character ever

[PhilWaud]

That's a very thick case chuck, no wonder it took so much filament. It will be very strong though.

[r.a.monigold]

What prize do I get? More Chuck videos? THANK YOU !!!!
Thanks for sharing

[PanorethDPrinting]

You should get joel to add that to his bender bank. Great job. :)

[RJMaker]

Great Video, I like that you added more detail to the build, Maybe next time some quick info on the coding..

Question: How well does the IR sensor pick up pennies? I've wondered about the emissivity of a penny and if those sensors could pick up the reflection.

[garrettpierce]

Really entertaining and fun, you should sand it and paint everything except the eyes and mouth. Did you use supports on the top half of bender?

[KenWalkersquatley]

Any explanation as to how to mount the electronics?

[YouRogga]

Great, fun project. What printer would you recommend to use for that size of object if reliability and print speed is more important than surface finish? ABS and PLA, Max $2000.

[nivag]

Hi Chuck, could you print the davinci PLA and Fexilble filament that xyz has realised for the 1.0a printer, I'm sure a lot of davinci owners like me found your channel because of buying a davinci and would love to see you show us how to get the best out of them. Regards Gavin

[josephwingate]

why don't you try out the flashforge finder ?