[Will Cogley]’s mechanized gauntlet concept certain has a hypnotizing look to it, and it makes use of solely a single motor. Beneath the scales is a rod with a number of cams, every of which strikes a lever up and down in a rippling wave because it rotates. Add a painted scale to every, and the result’s mesmerizing. That is solely a proof of idea prototype, and [Will] discovered fairly a number of classes when making it, however the finish result’s an actual winner of a visible impact.
The scales have been created with the assistance of a Mayku desktop vacuum former by making light-weight copies of 3D printed scales. Curiously, 3D printing every scale with full helps made for a helpful mould; there was no have to take away helps from beneath the prints, as a result of they’re really a profit to the vacuum forming course of. When vacuum forming, the presence of overhangs can result in plastic wrapped across the grasp, trapping it, however the presence of the helps helps forestall this. 3D prints don’t maintain up very nicely to the warmth concerned in vacuum forming, however they do nicely sufficient for a brief run like this. Watch it in motion and hearken to [Will] clarify the design within the video, embedded beneath.
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