Eyeball Windchime

These print-in-place eyeball chains can be used as windchimes, beaded curtains, keychains or whatever other haunted decoration ideas you might have!

These chains are compatible with the Skull and Fingerbone Windchimes linked below. See here for video: https://youtu.be/o14t0UBf09c

Five lengths of eyeball chains are provided to accommodate different build plate sizes and allow for a variety of skull-chain lengths in your final project. Lengths include: 4 eyeball (108mm), 5 eyeball (131mm), 6 eyeball (154mm), 7 eyeball (177mm), and 8 eyeball (200mm)

The coloured model pictured above was done using markers to colour the pupil, iris and muscles. The semi-transparent cornea is made with a dab of hot glue.

Windchime holders are provided in two sizes, 10-prong and 12-prong. Thread three short, knotted lengths of string through the three outer holes in the windchime holder, then knot the three strings together and attach to a long single string. There is a central hole in the holder as well if you wish to hang something down through the center of the windchime.

These eyeball chains are connected using a unique print-in-place ball-and-socket joint allowing the finished printed to fully turn, twist, and rotate.

The inner spheres print on top of tiny supports within the cavity of the neighbouring skull. Once printed, a light twist of each skull frees the ball within the cavity and the skull chain can turn and bend. Be sure to let your print fully cool first! If the plastic is still soft, the connector may break when you try to move it.

Plan your supports carefully. A suggested technique using Cura is to raise the object of the build plate by 3mm, and then add tree supports underneath. Switch “Support distance priority” to “xy overrides z” and tighten up the “xy support distance” to 0.1mm.