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Funky 3 Tone Whistle

scootnfast
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Published on April 11, 2012
This thing was Featured on April 13, 2012

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My 8 yr old wanted to make a weird whistle that had multiple tones... After lots of trial and error, this is what we came up with. Very different and odd, but it works well!

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Print it.
Be sure to have ear plugs handy if you have kids.
Blow!
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MarcoAlici on July 10, 2012 said:

http://youtu.be/8lNzd9ZnAkI

seenev on April 17, 2012 said:

What settings did you use to print this? I printed one and like others mine makes no sound, though it seems reasonably airtight. It certainly doesn't leak enough to prevent the whistle from functioning...

scootnfast on April 17, 2012 said:

Print with 3 solid surface layers, 2 extra shells on alternatingsurface layers, and be sure your flow rate and line spacing is set properly. I use 1.5 for line spacing (infill width over thickness) If there is even the tiniest of gaps between the lines on the solid surface layers, it won't work. Also I use a .3 for infill perimeter overlap.

You may simply try increasing your flow rate a tad as it sounds like maybe you are slightly usingg too little plastic.

The easiest thing to do is drop some acetone (finger nail polish remover) onto the solid surfaces. It will melt the plastic and make the surfaces air tight.

swosho on April 17, 2012 said:

I just love the way that children 'want to make' something. I have a 7 and a 9 year old, and they want to make heaps of stuff... which translates to "they want dad to design and make heaps of stuff". :-D

Keavon on May 27, 2012 said:

Probably true for most people, but I've been 3D modeling since I was 10 or 11. I'm 14 now, and I'm pretty good at it.

approx on April 17, 2012 said:

yes i'll try printing again after a few calibration tests... i had some stringing inside the whistle ..not sure if it might have contributed to it making no sound..

idolcrasher on April 16, 2012 said:

Here you can see the whistle printed and blown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... :) It works great!

scootnfast on April 16, 2012 said:

Thanks for that!

approx on April 15, 2012 said:

Printed just fine.. but no sound..

Jaydmdigital on April 15, 2012 said:

Was this a belated April's fool? It printed perfectly, but no sound?

scootnfast on April 15, 2012 said:

I assure you the whistle works just fine. However, if you don't have your fill set right and there are small spaces between your layers of plastic, air will leak through the sides and the whistle won't work. I suggest placing a few drops of acetone on the outer surfaces to seal them up or change your fill settings so there is an air tight surface.

LightningPhil on April 14, 2012 said:

Looks spiffing. I shall toddle off and print one me thinks!

idolcrasher on April 14, 2012 said:

I printed the whistle and it turned out great :) I was a little worried about the bridging that would be done to seal up each hollow space, but It worked out great.

I loved the green color you used, so I followed up with Faberdashery village green. I had 10 meters of the stuff from a rainbow pack I bought. The stuff is expensive, but I will admit, it really seemed to help the quality of the print.

I am starting to run out a filament... Now I need to decide
if I should buy a heaping ton of cheap filament from China, or a handful of high quality filament from Faberdashery...

idolcrasher on April 14, 2012 said:

I would love to see a derivative of this picture where each consecutive smaller chamber is visible from the outside of the print. It would look like stair-steps in the whistle ;) I think it would save filament too :)

freakinhuge on April 14, 2012 said:

Dang! Third to last layer and it came off the building platform.. :'(

scootnfast on April 14, 2012 said:

You using abp or hbp?

ozchrisb on April 14, 2012 said:

I love the name of the stl file ;)

scootnfast on April 14, 2012 said:

Honestly didn't think anyone would even notice that :-D

IWorkInPixels on April 11, 2012 said:

Awesome!

This is great... I'm still waiting for someone to upload some DTMF whistles, so we can have Bluebox Panpipes. :)

scootnfast on April 12, 2012 said:

not sure what dtmf are, but someone did a pipe organ styled whistle a while back.

MtDon on April 11, 2012 said:

It looks very interesting, with a complicated internal geometry.

What software did you use to design it?

How about posting the design file.

scootnfast on April 11, 2012 said:

I use NX7. I will post .prt and iges when I get the chance.

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