Important
As of 2026-Feb-19, this toy is no longer available to purchase commercially.
The Switch Adapted Whale Bubble Blower is an adapted “Balnore Bubble Machine” that can be activated with a 3.5mm switch. This adaptation is intended for users who have difficulty activating the button on the side of the bubble machine.
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The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to build the Switch Adapted Whale Bubble Blower. The electronic components may be available locally, but will probably need to be ordered online.
Reference the maker guide for the tools and steps required to build each portion.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 1.0 | WhaleBubbleBlower_Design_Rationale |
| Bill of Materials | 1.0 | WhaleBubbleBlower_BOM |
| Maker Guide | 1.0 | WhaleBubbleBlower_Maker_Guide |
| User Guide | 1.0 | WhaleBubbleBlower_User_Guide |
| Changelog | 1.0 | WhaleBubbleBlower_Changelog |
Everything needed or used to design, make, test, or prepare the Switch Adapted Whale Bubble Blower is licensed under the CERN 2.0 Permissive license https://ohwr.org/project/cernohl/wikis/Documents/CERN-OHL-version-2 (CERN-OHL-P).
Accompanying material such as instruction manuals, videos, and other copyrightable works that are useful but not necessary to design, make, test, or prepare the Switch Adapted Whale Bubble Blower are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- The documentation template was created by Makers Making Change and is used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. It is available at the following link: https://github.com/makersmakingchange/OpenAT-Template
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