Astronaut- 3D printable Laser Zoetrope animation
Digital files for 3D printable Zoetrope that works with laser light and record player.
Zoetrope is a very old invention that produces illusion of motion. Here in this design the classic animation device is brought to life with laser light. All you need is a turn table and laser light that illuminates 3D printed animation frames. This Zoetrope is designed to work with record player where it is nice to listen music while watching the animation that rotates over the vinyl.
You'll get animation of
- Running Astronaut
Animation is 32 frames long loop. In the package you'll find each frames in SVG vector files and ready made 3D printable STL files where the animation frame is merged together with comb part. All animation pieces are numbered.
These animation frames are designed to be attached into central cylinder part. There is also a podium piece for record players which rises the zoetrope so that needle arm fits to play music from vinyl record in the player.
As an extra piece you'll get also an Empty Comb that you can use with this design if you want to create your own outline animations for this laser zoetrope.
What you need?
- 3D printer or Laser cutter device
- Laser light that displays vertical line
- a Record player (optional)
Remember that some of these outline animations can be very fragile when are 3D printed. The line thickness is deliberately left very thin so that the animation is better visible in the laser light. So handle them with extra care!
Happy Printing!
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You'll get 2D vector files and 3D printable files for Zoetrope that works with Laser Light and Record Player