Tricycle

My tricycle arrived today! The wheels and pedals turn beautifully, the only thing that didn't work is the handlebars, they seem to be stuck in place, there must still be support material in the shaft connecting the front assembly to the main chassis. Any tips on how to remove powder from hard to reach areas?
(EDIT): I did some gentle back-and-forth motions to the steering column, and it loosened the powder, so now the steering works perfectly. It's not as loose as I like, but good enough for now.

https://www.shapeways.com/model/150737/tricycle.html?gid=ug42 47



Video of it in action coming soon!

Fan-friggin'-tastic! Brilliant work.

Only suggestion I can think of for the powder is to try getting some water in there. I'm not sure how soluble the powder is, but it might help loosen it up a bit. At least it shouldn't be able to do any harm.

Andy

Really cute, I love it, I hope you manage to get all the moving parts free and you post up a video of it in action.

Thanks guys, all it took was some gentle back and forth motion to the steering column, and it loosened up. So now it works great! Yes, I will be shooting some video soon to upload.

Here's a little demo video of my trike in action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCZhK_W2B4

That's great!

-Whystler

Very nicely done. Thanks for the video! What was your clearence in the steering column? And how thin are the wires on the wheel?

Thanks Whystler!

Jeff, Clearances were 0.6mm, the minimum Shapeways recommends. The wheel wires are 1mm thick.

Very very cool!

Great seeing it move in the video too.

Amazing work! one of the best models Ive seen on shapeways

Very nice. What was this modelled in?

Glenn

I started modeling it in Blender 2.49 then moved to 2.53.

The video looks great, it runs suprisingly smoothly nice work.