I need help finding a file

[DrBoost]

My wife is preparing a class on anatomy, specifically, joints, for our home-school group. I did a quick search and didn't find anything. What we're looking for specifically, is a hinge joint (think elbow), a pivot joint (I think the pelvis falls into that group) and a ball and socket joint (hip, shoulder). Does anyone know where I can find files to print? Thanks.

[curious aardvark]

try thingiverse - at the moment it keeps crashing on me, so i can't.

[Roxy]

It's too bad you don't want a hollowed out skull with a hinged lower jaw full of teeth. That I could help you find!

[Mjolinor]

Hmm, "full of teeth" I could do with, just about to spend £2000 on some implants.

[DrBoost]

try thingiverse - at the moment it keeps crashing on me, so i can't.

So it's not just me then huh?

[DrBoost]

It's too bad you don't want a hollowed out skull with a hinged lower jaw full of teeth. That I could help you find!

I'd sure appreciate that. Does the jaw open? Where can I d'load the file?

[Roxy]

I'd sure appreciate that. Does the jaw open? Where can I d'load the file?

This Skull came from Thingiverse. It is very nicely detailed but it had so many errors in the .STL files it was almost unusable. This Skull is a 3D Scan of a real skull. There are still some errors in the .STL files, but I've got it cleaned up enough it is usable. This version is reasonable enough that Slic3r can slice it and produce the GCode to print it.

You need to use support on the big lower skull piece when you slice it. If you set it so you have lots of interface layers (3???) for the support material it breaks away pretty easily. But it does take 5 minutes to get the support material out of the nose.

I have a hollowed out one I'm working on. I'm making it into a coin box where you take the skull cap off to get inside the skull to stash things.

The Jaw is hinged, but there is no socket for the jaw bone. Instead, I've been just using some strong flexible glue like E6000 or Goop to hold the lower jaw in place. I've been putting a drop of glue on each jaw pivot point and just letting it cure while touching the skull. That lets the lower jaw move, but not as much as would be 'normal'.


Cut_Skull_Pieces_repaired.rar

[DrBoost]

Thanks Roxy.

[curious aardvark]

just go to thingiverse and type bones in as the search. It's working now.

Everything from an entire skeleton to a knee joint, hand with fingers etc etc
Also that skull with the working jaw.

[Sebastian Finke]

Another place worth trying is GrabCAD...