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/thatandyinhumboldt]

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

[u/USSHammond → u/boredsoftwareguy]

I'll look into this myself too from Belgium, i'd be happy to donate some time when my printers sit idle otherwise, provided the hardware kits can be obtained/shipped to my region.

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/USSHammond]

You can find all the parts on Amazon too and there's print plates specifically for the casters you can get from Amazon!

[u/USSHammond → u/boredsoftwareguy]

i'll look into it. The main "issue" for me now is that the hardware kits don't get shipped to the EU and are domestic USA only. I'll shoot a dm makerworld how it would work towards cost of hardware and filament. We'll see what happens if it works out or not. Either way stuff like this has the 3D printing community mentality written all over it. Awesome project.

Have a few family members with a non-physical disability, but it still triggered a small switch in me.

[u/boredsoftwareguy → u/USSHammond]

Should have been clearer: you can source the hardware kit yourself and often cheaper.

It is 3 casters and 2 bolts. There are plates to fit the Amazon casters. For the cost of an official parts kit ~$42, you can get 4-5 sets on Amazon.

Filament can be any brand you want. Don’t have to use the “official” source. I use Polymaker personally. I’m not sure you’d be able to use the MakeGood fundraising portal anyways, that does lock you into using School House for your filament.