How to build Slipwing: a printable mechanical toy
SlipwingWild RideCrafting Tier 6 of 6
Slipwing sweeps its wings when you work its tail, driven by a double slider-rocker linkage.
Slipwing assembly video
The video is being filmed. Until it’s ready, the 8 illustrated assembly pages in the blueprint pack show every step.
Let's Get Started
- Print the blueprints
- Glue them to a carton
- Cut the black lines
- Fold the red lines
- Assemble our toy
Featured Mechanism:
- Actuator
- Part you move by hand to work the mechanism.
- Connecting Rod
- Rod linking two moving parts, pivoting at both ends.
- Double Slider-Rocker
- Two slider-rocker linkages that share one slider, so one sliding part swings two rockers.
- Driver
- Part that drives another part (the follower).
- Follower
- Part that is driven by another part (the driver) and follows its motion.
- Hinge
- Joint that lets a part swing about a line.
- Lamination
- Layers glued together for strength.
- Slider
- Part that moves in a straight line along a guide.
- Spiral Reinforcement
- Spiral-rolled insert that stiffens a rod.
- Standoff
- Spacer that holds a part at a set distance from another.
Toy facts
- Crafting Tier
- 6 of 6
- Parts
- 10
- Cut-line segments
- 273
- Fold-line segments
- 100