First of all, don’t worry. I am not going crazy about fidget spinners. But my brother is, and Papa and I love 3d printing, so we accepted the challenge to make our own. We experimented (and are still experimenting) with different bearings and designs using tinkercad.com, a beautiful yet easy way to import and create stuff to 3d print or laser cut. I have used it countless times to create my own worlds. Here is an example of one entitled "Tango’s Throne".
Anyway, we downloaded a few bases from http://www.thingiverse.com/ (to make sure the bearings would fit) and went and modified them to fit our needs.
Then I sent the files to Papa and he printed them out.
No.1 — the first style of base we tried.
No.2 — the second style of base we tried.
As you can (hopefully) see the second one spun longer. That is because there are ridges on the outside of the second one that give you more grip and thus make it spin faster. Also, the black bearings that we used have less friction than the silver ones in the first model. These two are the only ones who have been successfully printed so far but more are coming soon.
My Desmond and Tempest LOVED them.
