When viewed from the correct angle, this piece should give
the illusion that all 4 ramps slope up to the middle platform. Viewing from any
other angle gives the game away! ( I
haven't printed one yet, but I couldn't resist the challenge!)
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Visual Illusion - balls rolling uphill
In response to a challenge on the Thingiverse Blog blog.thingiverse.com/2012/02/21/oo-someone-make-one-of-these/ I offer this
attempt to design a part which will give the visual illusion of balls rolling
uphill.
Find it on the Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17948
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I had a go a printing this out. My results can be found on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI think that the 'arms' need to be a bit longer to make the illusion more effective.
Thanks for turning my creation into reality, David! Unfortunately, my own RepRap is out of action at the moment, since I blew out my hot end and have to rebuild it (or get a new one).
ReplyDeleteI'll see what I can do about making an improved version with longer arms and maybe some guide rails to keep the balls in the tracks.