TinkerCAD Arrow Keychain

I hope you’ll enjoy making your arrow keychain!

* Computer

* Access to TinkerCAD

* Internet connection

To join, go to the TinkerCad website: Tinkercad.com

Click “Join Now” and create a username and password.

On the main page, click “Create new design”.

Drag out a cylinder from “Basic Shapes” (assume “Basic Shapes” unless stated otherwise), and change the height, middle white square, to ¼ in. (assume ¼ in. for the height unless stated or shown otherwise) The rest of the dimensions are shown. (dimensions are always shown if not stated)

Drag out a roof and rotate the right arrow -90 degrees.

Place the new shape behind the cylinder, and align the shapes vertically, the bottom middle dot (to align shapes, select the shapes you want to align together, and press L. Hover over a black dot to see a hint of how the shapes will look once aligned. Click the black dot that matches how you want the shapes to be aligned). Group the shapes (to group shapes, select all shapes you want to group by clicking each shape while holding shift. Then press Ctrl+G).

Drag out a round roof and rotate both the right and bottom arrow -90 degrees. Change the round roof color to “hole”, and place it on the right side of the solid shape.

Duplicate the round roof (to duplicate, select the shape you want to duplicate and press Ctrl+D), and mirror it width-wise, also the bottom arrow (to mirror, select the shape you want to mirror and press M). Place the mirrored round roof on the left side of the solid shape, and group everything together (refer to step 6).

Repeat step 5, and change the roof color to “hole”.

Place the roof in front of the solid shape. Align the roof to the middle of the solid shape vertically and group the shapes (refer to step 6).

Repeat step 4, and change the cylinder color to “hole”.

Place the cylinder in the upper middle part of the solid shape. Align the cylinder to the middle of the solid shape vertically, and group everything together (refer to step 6).

Drag out a toothpick from “Making at home”, and rotate the bottom arrow 45 degrees. Hold the black cone above the toothpick and lift it ⅛ in. off the workplane. Drag the toothpick in the middle of the cylinder from steps 11-12. (dimensions are the same as the cylinder just mentioned)

Duplicate the toothpick and rotate the new one 90 degrees (refer to step 8). Group the shapes together (refer to step 6).

Drag out a scribble and draw a line that curves slightly to the right. Click “Done” when finished.

Place the scribble in front of the solid shape on the right side. Duplicate it 3 times (refer to step 8), and move each new scribble over ⅛ in., moving the last two forward ⅛ in.

Duplicate and mirror, width-wise, another scribble (refer to step 8). Drag it in front of the solid shape on the left side, and repeat the second part of step 16. Then group everything together (refer to step 6).

Drag out a torus, and change the height to ⅛ in., along with the “Tube” to 0.05.

Place the torus behind the solid shape, and group the shapes (refer to step 6).

Congrats! Feel free to customize your new keychain to fit your style!