Super Clicky Fidget Button
Super Clicky Fidget Button
3D
Published 2021-07-16T08:35:59+00:00
This fidget toy is the result of experimenting with button designs for a future puzzle. After printing several tests, I realized that people might enjoy the button as a fidget toy.
This is a 2-state click button with an internal mechanism similar to that of a retractable pen. This can be used with or without a long M3 bolt to transfer the click action into a secondary linear or rotary motion. Use the case with holes to see the cam pop in and out of view each click.
Required Hardware
A spring that is about 15mm long and 5mm in diameter. The design can use larger and smaller springs, but this size worked best for me.
Spring harvested from a standard click pen are a little longer than needed, but should work. If the click mechanism feels too stiff, shorten the spring with wire cutters. Or add a spacer.
Optional Hardware
A long M3 bolt to transfer the click action out of the device for some secondary purpose - or just to demonstrate the change in distance caused by the click.
The cam includes a thin 1 layer bridge over the bolt hole. If you intend to use a bolt, puncture that bridge with the bolt.
If the button is sticking, try printing the cap and button at a 0.16mm layer height, and the cam at 0.2mm. This guarantees that the sliding surfaces have slightly offset "steps" and are less likely to catch.
Sanding the sliding surfaces may help, but I did not need to do so in my own prints.
Using the button a while may improve the click as it moves the spring around and wears down any rough spots.
| Date published | 16/07/2021 |
| Sin apoyo | YES |
Black and silver printed in Hatchbox PLA, red printed in Polymaker Polylite. Spring is a 7/32" x 3/8" x 0.015" WG.