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@Ash-ioL on Cardboard Fan · about 5 hours ago

I made a cardboard fan out of scraps I found in my house. My most notable challenge was fixing the switch and making sure it makes contact when locked. To really get my experience with this project I recommend looking through my devlog and github README. I’m most proud of how I consistently worked on this without stopping and I was able to get it done relatively quickly.

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5h build

Video of Project → See source code →

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@Ash-ioL on Cardboard Fan · about 6 hours ago

4h 55m logged

Started, Scrambled Something Up, Completed

I initially thought of making this for my friend’s birthday. But I realized that it would be risky since it could easily break when put in a bag if dropped or swung around, and it would be hard to carry around for him. It would also need specific directions to use it the way I built it. So to save him the hassle, I decided to keep it and just give him a gift card.

Features:

Tall body - this wasn’t intended, I sort of just started building and it came out like this.
A switch with a rubber band lock - this needed some really good adjustment so it isn’t too hard to activate and isn’t too easy to activate.
A battery holder - it took me some time to brainstorm and come up with the idea to add a rubber band lock
A door to access the battery with a rubber band lock
A plastic propellor - I also considered cardboard and badminton feathers but I thought that plastic would meet in the middle and be simple but also lightweight.

Honestly, rubber bands and hot glue really carried this and help me so much.

Challenges

Time constraint: since this originally intended for my friend’s birthday, it forced me to lock in and finish quick so this was nice.
Switch headaches: a lot of the times when the fan wouldn’t spin, it had something to do with the switch not making contact when locked so I had to adjust that many times.
Motor wire to foil detachment - the motor wire one time came out of the foil so I had to open up the thing and remove hot glue and stuff to fix that. I reinforced it with a ton of hot glue.

I think the fact that I was able to make something cool and work on it without giving up is something to be proud of. It’ll be nice to have this nice sitting on my shelf to remind me of the little things I can do that build up over time.