[update 2024-01-01]: i have fully redesigned the joint, now it is easier to print, the connection to the ball is stronger, and the screw is better too. I have not updated this model with it yet, i plan to do it in the coming weeks (also depends on the feedback i get from the users of this model).
[edit] side note: notice that this model is using a new ball joint design i invented recently: a ball joint that is print-in-place but can be tightened with a screwdriver. I have made it as compact as i could, so it can be used as a general purpose tool. I demonstrated its use first in a ‘robot hand’, and now in this jointed posable figure. You can learn more from the 3d printing professor : https://youtube.com/shorts/0Jgq2EH1akA . I hope people will like it and use it in their designs.
this is kind of a remix of 2 of my own models (but it is not really a remix, because I restarted from my source files, not from the published stl)
The head and hands were created from emoticons found on the web. They could be integrated to the body for a full print in place, but it makes it easier for you to remix them with any head you want. And also easier to use another color. And you can change them on the same model.
I have provided the "plugHole" file, so you can make your own heads / hands / feet.
The feet were cut from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3444513
Printing instructions are the same as : https://www.printables.com/fr/model/640043-robot-hand-print-in-place-tightenable. You'll find also a test print there, that is the same joint. In short:
At the beginning, the ball joint rotation may be difficult. Be gentle, dont break the small axis. Atfer a few times it will be better, and you'll have to give the srew another turn to get the grip back.
the body prints in 2h with PLA standard 0.2 profile on bambu studio (printed on P1S)
For the 2 colors in the head, just change the filament at the good height to black, then after 1 mm go back to white. Easier with AMS: just paint a 1mm (or more) thick plane in black.
PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR MAKES AND FEEDBACK IN THE COMMENTS!
[edit] to put this in perspective, this is my Gen-2 ball joint design
The author marked this model as their own original creation.