Little Alice
Printing and assembly
Amazingly, all of the parts printed, first time, without any problems. I printed double of everything, just in case, but it turned out an unnecessary precaution.
To make the evil doll’s eyes light up, I needed a tiny RED led. The void inside the head was insanely small. Less than one millimetre!
Luckily I had some LEDs that were up to the job!
After soldering in two lengths of magnet wire (super-fine wire that, instead of a plastic/pvc covering is painted in very thin enamel paint) I used a single length of solid core wire (approx 0.4mm across) as the rod to mount the head onto
A quick dry fit ensured not only that everything still fitted together, but that the head could rotate, even with the wires for the LED eyes in place.
Everything seemed ok, but after priming (first black, then a basic zenith highlight in white) the rod felt reluctant to turn, so I re-drilled the hole using a pin vice and 0.8mm drill bit
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