ANCIENT SPEAR 

Given the state of the world I believe many of us desperately need new things to learn or work on, just something to get excited about. With that in mind I present the community all the files and images I have to help you craft your own Ancient Spear!

With that said this build is going to be somewhat more difficult than the average, and you'll need some adafruit gear and a few other supplies. I'll link it all below.

For the programming instructions my advice is to reference the adafruit guide released for their master sword, and guardian sword builds. They have some of the best documentation around to get you going.

PRINTING TIPS

Part of the challenge with this build is part strength. If you print the top components with too much infill or perimeters the result will be top heavy putting too much stress on the pole.

Print with absolute minimal infill and perimeters for the upper blade assembly, then really dial up the strength for the poll.

Recommend ABS for better strength, but with careful infill and perimeter settings you can get away with PLA.

One strategy is to increase the top and bottom layers to print the male and female threads of the poles so they print solid then proceed to make a reduced infill for the core of the part to save material and time.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

18650 Lithium Ion Battery - https://www.adafruit.com/product/1781

Black PLA - https://amzn.to/2QHGqtz

Natural PLA - https://amzn.to/2WB3qy2

Adafruit NeoPixels - https://amzn.to/3dhH0I6

Trinker Pro 5V Logic - https://amzn.to/2vOpo5W

Slide Switch - https://amzn.to/39az9Je

Battery Charge board - https://amzn.to/3bgzyLq

Hook-Up Wire - https://amzn.to/2QDMFib

Soldering Iron Starter Kit - https://amzn.to/2UzH2T6

Ultimaker 2+ - https://amzn.to/2WNBfvQ

Tan Spray Paint- https://amzn.to/2xqYvoM

Acrylic Paints - https://amzn.to/2J9Cq0P

If you wanted to make any donations I pretty much refuse to support PayPal, so I've listed my crypto wallets for Bitcoin and Ethereum instead. 

Bitcoin - 3FigXCWXwUENTsWZosfNoZqZoGtfEjGgEJ

Ethereum - 0x4B7686A8C420B6b193295C01f5e4A2c1e60a32eC 

Thanks in advance I hope to be able to post more frequently! :)

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