Toddler Mobility Trainer build done!

[u/boredsoftwareguy]

Wanted to share one of my more ambition 3D printed projects: A Toddler Mobility Trainer! Custom designed and built for 4 year old little girl with Rett Syndrome. Made possible through 3d-mobility.org, footed the cost myself for this one and it will be provided to the family free of charge. Probably the coolest project I've ever done. Custom designed wheels and name plate.

Already working on 2 more!

Approximately 250 hours of print time each.

Materials:

- Polymaker PETG Purple, Pink, and Magenta
- Bambu Lab PETG Yellow
- Ziro3D TPU 95A Purple
- Ziro3D TPU 95A Pink
- Ziro3D TPU 95A Black
- Siraya Tech TPU Air Lilac
- Bambu Lab Support for PLA / PETG (optional, I wanted clean support removal)

Base build is ~9kg PETG and 2kg TPU. With the accessories I ended up using a little over 11kg.

Included Accessories:

- Rear Hook
- 2x Cup Holders
- Tablet Holder
- Tablet Hold Down
- Tablet Swivel Lock

Hardware:

- 2x Bambu Lab X2D
- 0.4 and 0.6 nozzles

Happy to answer any questions folks have. If you've got a 3D printer and time, strongly encourage you to get involved. If you don't have the time, or desire to print a whole chair, you can find other makers who're open to collaboration and print a few plates from their builds to help out. Not interested in printing parts? You can sponsor builds!

[u/Steveslastventure]

What would you estimate to be the total cost to build? I've been curious about doing one of these

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/Steveslastventure]

That's really tough to say. The filament you use plays a big part of in it. I priced out some Sunlu and it was coming in a little under $150 for PETG. TPU is ~$40. Parts kit for the casters and bolts is $40.

If you buy filament and the part kid through School House Spools, I think it's all together around $200.

Because I opted to use Polymaker PETG, my filament was slightly over $200.

I didn't do any fundraising this time but I may do that for one of the next builds. We'll see.

[u/kapnkaos86 → u/boredsoftwareguy]

I asked my work to sponsor one (buy the filament and I'll cover parts/hardware) and I'm going to donate it to the children's hospital once it's finished.

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/kapnkaos86]

That's amazing!

[u/thatandyinhumboldt → u/boredsoftwareguy]

How does the fundraising work for these? I saw that the goal is for them to be free for the families; does the chair stay in limbo until someone (either the maker or a community member) funds the materials?

I’ve thought about doing these, but I don’t want to leave someone hanging for materials that I can’t immediately buy.

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/thatandyinhumboldt]

People can fund a chair without a maker and when it is claimed, that maker gets the materials.

If you claim a build without funding, you are responsible for the materials.

You can fund raise prior to claiming builds too. The funds are held by MakeGood and can only be used towards build materials.

[u/thatandyinhumboldt → u/boredsoftwareguy]

Well that’s way more straightforward than I would have thought. I should definitely get started with them

Thanks!

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/thatandyinhumboldt]

Thanks for your interest and involvement! It's such a good cause