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My First Spirograph

connorD

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Hey everybody, This is my first spirograph I've ever built. It's a completely rough project and I plan on building a nicer one later. There's only 1 motor with a variable resistor and the other is just hooked up directly to a 1.5V AA. The chip-like variable resistor I used was an old cell phone headset volume slider. Basically I build the whole thing out of stuff I had lying around. I did my best with what I had. What do you guys think?

YouTube - My Laser Spirograph <--- Video Link

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kiyoukan

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Good to see you starting off well in this hobby,
Why not make a video of it.
 
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Oh i must have missed it.
If you add a third motor you will get mnay more patterns.
 
chipdouglas

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your lines look really clean. did you use first surface mirrors? and +1 for you for turning old junk into that!!!


michael
 
connorD

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chipdouglas said:
your lines look really clean. did you use first surface mirrors? and +1 for you for turning old junk into that!!!


michael
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Hey thanks for the +1 :thanks: To answer your questions no I didn't use a surface mirror. the mirrors I used were from a dollar store cheap-o flower mirror that my G.F. had, the mirror itself is actually plastic. To cut the sizes for the mirrors I used scissors to cut them down. Here are some pictures.

Both of the motor mirrors.
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The big mirror that I cut the smaller mirrors from.
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connorD

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kiyoukan said:
Oh i must have missed it.
If you add a third motor you will get mnay more patterns.
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Yeah I plan on making a really good 3 motor spirograph soon but I need to get all the parts first. When I make it I'll post it on the forum. For right now though I'm completely out of money :p
 
spanqee

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a third mirror! dang ! why didnt i think of that?
newman!

that 3rd one goes along a "z" axis, right?
 
chipdouglas

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not on the z axis. they all get mounted on the same axis. just staggered.


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