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Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model
Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable) 3d model

Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable)

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Can't shuffle? Never seem to be able to find batteries for your electric shuffler? No need to worry we've go you sorted with this fully 3d printable hand crank card shuffler.

Included is 18 part models that all fit or screw together to make the full assembled model. For assembly you will need one of each part except for needing 2x "Card Shuffler - Nuts" and 6x "Roller Ring - 26x18x4 Ring". To make the model fully 3D printable I've included a roller ring model (26x18x4mm Size). However unless you can find a very rubbery TPU or other printing material I'd recommend just using a couple 26x18x4mm rubber O-rings. One thing you will need to have is some sort of lubricant for all the drive parts in the Gearbox. I used a silicone lubricating grease because thats what I had. I attached a picture of the tube. It will work without lubrication but not nearly as smoothly. Lubricate every moving part generously.

Print instructions:

  • Base, Back (Gearbox), and Gearbox cover can be printed with lower infills (15-20%).
  • The Card Press should be printed at or near 100% infill because the weight of this piece can help press down the cards with added hand pressure.
  • All remaining parts are essentially drive parts or securing parts and should be printed at around 50-60% infill for strength
  • 0.2mm layer height for everything
  • Shouldn't need any supports with correct orientation of parts

Assembly instructions:

  1. First install O-rings or roller rings onto Left and right rollers
  2. Lubricate and fit rollers into the base part with the pin side sticking through the holes on the front. (Make sure the left and right rollers are on the correct sides. Directions are referenced from looking at the front of the model.)
  3. Fit the back(gearbox) piece into place making sure all the pins and rollers line up.
  4. Lubricate and install the Left and Right Spur gears with their associated rollers by screwing them in. The screws are threaded differently (anti clockwise for Left and clockwide for right) if you install them backwards they may loosen during use and cause the shuffle to not work.
  5. Lubricate and install the Spur Gear (25 teeth) on the small peg under the right roller gear. as well as install the Spur Gear (25 teeth) Nut. This nut is anti clockwise to prevent it loosening by gear movement so turn it left to tighten.
  6. Thread the large Spur gear (112 teeth) onto the Centre drive shaft then Lubricate and fit the small peg into the middle of the gearbox.
  7. Install the gear box cover by fitting it over the 2 threaded posts and Centre Drive shaft. and secure it with the 2x Nuts you printed.
  8. Fit the Handle Bolt through the Handle and thread it onto the Drive wheel.
  9. Thread the drive wheel with the recently attached handle/handlebolt into the center drive shaft.
  10. Place the card tray in the slot, some card in the machine, and the card press ontop and start shuffling!

Any issues you have let me know!

Update September 12, 2025 Based on a comment recieved I've revised the design of the gears/drive system for better performance. The parts I revised should work with all other parts thus you should only have to reprint the 5 parts I made changes to which are as follows:

  • Center Drive Shaft
  • Left Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  • Right Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  • Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  • Spur Gear (112 teeth), when printing this new verison pay attention to which side is up and down. one side of this gear has a recess which I used to dial in where it tightens on the center drive shaft. As long as that recess faces up there should be no supports needed.

Update February 10, 2026 Based on a comment recieved I've included a second gearing option for the gear drive. The sizing of the gears should decrease the force required to turn the drive gear however, this will come at the cost of shuffling speed. The following parts should be replaced with the originals to change out the gear drive:

  • Card Shuffler - Back(gearbox) (rev2).stl
  • Card Shuffler - Left Spur gear (25 teeth) (rev2).stl
  • Card Shuffler - Right Spur gear (25 teeth) (rev2).stl
  • Card Shuffler - Spur gear (25 teeth) (rev2).stl

The "(rev2)" indicates the updated gear drive parts. Original parts are still available under the regular parts without the "(rev2)" tag at the end of the filename. Let me know if you prefer the original or new gearing drive in the comments!


Discussions
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matt.fame

I had a lot of fun building this and it works!! I'd like to make some changes if given the time; make what I think would be a little better printed version. I'll post it unless you beat me to it and I'd be glad to hear arguments:

The 25 tooth gears need to be a little taller 28tooth?? with the drive gear shrinking to compensate. It makes the crank slightly easier and lowers the card speed a bit.

Roller to gear threads should be a spline so they don't unscrew.

Jake M
Mastapong

As for the gears being on spline shafts. Yes, thats a good idea but would require much more than just some minor tweaks to the model. Maybe if I have some free time I'll explore that update. The unscrewing should only be a problem when the card shuffler is being turned in reverse. If this is really a significant problem you could put a couple dabs of CA glue on the threads before tightening. Though this will make the shuffler impossible to disassemble and repair/replace parts.

Jake M
Mastapong

Thanks for your download and the constructive feedback! I've added another gearing option for the shuffler in the parts files. 4 new printed parts will have to be printed as listed in the model description. The small gears are significantly largers and the drive gear is smaller to match up. This should make the shuffler crank slightly easier at the cost of card speed.

I haven't tried the new drive gears yet but if you try them before me let me know what you think!

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matt.fame

The gear is probably either MOD 0.75 or 32 pitch. I think 32 pitch fits a little better so I'll try to print one, see if it meshes. Any chance you have the STEP files?

Jake M
Mastapong

I appreciate your enthusiasm but I would like to retain creative control over this particular model at this time. I am trying to read comments and incorporate what I think are positive updates/additions as best I can.

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matt.fame

OK, that's a gear shaped object in my opinion. Maybe the OP has a suggestion

Andrew M
amast9398

A well thought out design, but needs some improvements, as there are two main flaws that can cause the gears to slip quite easily.

The first is the tolerances, they are loose enough that the main drive gear can shift just far enough off its center point that it can slip past the spur gears, in my case it tends to slip it's engagement with the left roller spur gear. The tolerances where the spur gear rides in the gear box are also too loose which gives the rollers some play, exaggerating this.

Andrew M
amast9398

The second issue is the threading of the drive wheel and the main spur gear. The center drive shaft can actually thread through the main gear too far, which give the gear the ability to rock on it's drive point and tilt out of flush with the driveline, which just makes it even easier to slip.

These issues coupled together make it actually quite easy for the gears to slip, just a small amount of pressure on the rollers from the weight of the cards can result in slipping.

Andrew M
amast9398

I was able to mediate some of this by packing the riding surface of the roller spur gears with PTFE tape to create a near zero tolerance interface while remaining slippery enough to spin, but overall I would not recommend downloading in its current state. A revision to the model with tighter tolerances should resolve the issues, at that point I would say it is worth printing.

Jake M
Mastapong

I've revised 5 parts to hopefully better improve the drive system for you and anyone else who chooses to download the card shuffler! The 5 parts that will need to be replaced with the new design are as follows:

  1. Center Drive Shaft
  2. Left Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  3. Right Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  4. Spur Gear (25 teeth)
  5. Spur Gear (112 teeth)

Thank you again for your feedback and let me know if the new parts work better for you.

Andrew M
amast9398

I have printed these revised gears, and I can confirm tolerances are much better, and gear slipping is nearly non-existent now! The only issue I have now is that if I try to shuffle too fast, the cards will interleave themselves actually too well. Sort of like the old trick where if you interleave the pages of two books you won't be able to pull them apart. This seems to only happen when I use a newer deck of cards though, so I suspect they just need to be worn in.

Andrew M
amast9398

If I use a deck that was recycled from a casino, they don't really bind up at all.

Jake M
Mastapong

First off thank you very much for your download and even more so your constructive feedback!

I've been working this week on a redesign for the whole gear system for this model. Changes include as follows:

  1. Tolerance between the gears teeth has been greatly reduced
  2. Clearance between shaft and holes have been reduced from 0.5mm to 0.3mm
  3. Center Shaft threading adjustment to line gears up better
  4. Widening of gears for tighter tolerances in an effort to reduce slop/rocking in the gearbox

Hand Crank Card Shuffler (Fully printable)

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