Floaty Boaty! (Animated)

This is the Official Page of Floaty Boaty!

The prints are in a few stls:

• Rim - This you will tape to your table as Imaged. It keeps the bases in place and not sliding all over.
• 3DBenchy_edit - This is an edited Benchy with a hole you will glue the Peg into.
• Peg - This is the peg you will glue to the base of the Benchy, this is what we call a registration pin in animation. This will keep the print registered to the base.
• (240) Water Surf - These are the frames of the base. There are 240 of them OR you can do what I did an only use 120 of them (every odd number) and take 2 pictures or use editing software to hold (on2s).
• WaterTilesPrintSettings - is a Prusa Slicer settings example you can use to see how I setup my tray.

Here are basic instructions (as I would like to leave it to people to learn and trial an error)

1. Find a flat surface that is conducive to a LONG time. Meaning, setting up and taking photos will take hours. So you need to find space that no one will touch.
2. Control your lighting. With a long shoot you need to have consistent lighting or your images will flicker. Use a consistent light source .
3. Tape the base onto the surface. I used Hockey Tape as its strong and wont leave a residue.
4. Setup your camera or Cellphone.
5. Glue the peg into the boat base, trim to desired length. (I cut a little off)
6. For each frame peg the boat onto the base's hole.
7. Place the base with the boat onto the Rim.
8. Take a picture.
9. Repeat steps 6-8, 120 times!
10. Take the frames and use your software of choice to make it into a film!
11. Post on the internets for instant fame and fortunes!

Enjoy!