My First Spirograph

[connorD]

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

 

[kiyoukan]

Good to see you starting off well in this hobby,
Why not make a video of it.

 

[connorD]

Good to see you starting off well in this hobby,
Why not make a video of it.

I do have a video YouTube - My Laser Spirograph It's posted above too :yh:

 

[kiyoukan]

Oh i must have missed it.
If you add a third motor you will get mnay more patterns.

 

[chipdouglas]

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


michael

 

[connorD]

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


michael

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.

The big mirror that I cut the smaller mirrors from.

 

[connorD]

Oh i must have missed it.
If you add a third motor you will get mnay more patterns.

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

 

[spanqee]

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

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

 

[chipdouglas]

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


michael