Teleidoscope

DIY Teleidoscope

Requires the purchase of one 30mm glass ball, three reqular/first surface mirror (6 5/16 inches long by 1 1/16 inches wide, approx Thickness of .0485 inches), one 1.5" diameter 1/8th inch thick clear acrylic lens, packing tape, and glue/contact cement of choice.

Glass ball link:
https://www.amazon.com/HUELE-Fengshui-Miniature-Oornaments-Decoration/dp/B0714MGF59/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1521292658&sr=8-4&keywords=30mm+crystal+ball&linkCode=sl1&tag=madeineuphori-20&linkId=bd8dad6472504545a7918bc8fd173f84

First Surface mirror link:
https://www.kaleidoscopestoyou.com/first-surface-mirrors-for-kaleidoscopes-7.html

Clear Acrylic Lens link:
https://www.amazon.com/Enoin-Acrylic-Plexiglass-Transparent-Paintings/dp/B09MFNLKWT/ref=sr_1_11?crid=TXFU3XNXWYPQ&keywords=1.5%22%2Bdiameter%2B1%2F8%2Bthick%2Bacrylic%2Bdisk&qid=1704781048&sprefix=1.5%2Bdiameter%2B1%2F8%2Bthick%2Bacrylic%2Bdisk%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-11&th=1

Steps:

1. Print parts.
2. Clean up prints of any rough edges.
3. Glue acrylic lens into lens cover.
4. Drop crystal ball into shaft slowly so that its slightly poking out of tapered side of the shaft.
5. Take the three mirrors and form an equilateral triangle. Hold in this shape and wrap around outside of the mirrors till you go completely around them. I did this a twice equally spacing the tape along the length of the mirrors.
6. Slide mirrors uncovered into shaft, add stuffing material between wall of shaft and exterior of mirrors as needed to make sure they don't move in the future.
7. Slide ornamental ring to desired location along the length of the shaft.
8. Take dried lens cover and lens, and cap the open side of the teleidoscope. I found that a friction fit worked fine here, however depending on your printers tolerancing some glue may be required.

QTY: 1 Teleidoscope shaft should be printed so that the tapered side is facing the bed. LARGEST print is roughly 6.8in tall

QTY: 1 Teleidoscope lens cover should be printed so that the flat face is facing the bed.

QTY: (Up to you) Teleidoscope ornamental ring can be printed in any orientation.
Model tolerances have been set up for FDM 3d printing.

I printed each part with 3 wall perimeters and 15% infill. Can do less perimeters as desired to decrease print time, I simply wanted mine to be extra strong.

I decided to make mine have a cow print exterior cause why not!