Boing magic box

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When I was a kid I had a funny toy I've never seen again. It has been around my head for ages and now is the time to give it a chance and make it for my nephew. It had a sucker on its bottom and a spring attached to the sucker. When you stick the sucker on a table it holds the spring some time, but in the end after some seconds the sucker unsticks and the spring make the whole thing jump!! It was very funny but, what if you could make jump anything you want? I designed this box that holds inside a sucker and a methacrylate disc (to allow the sucker to stick well. You can use any smooth plastic surface 3mm height / 34mm radius you have around or give a try to your printer to print the disc and keeping the mirror-like face upwards, tough not recommended. Don't use crystal) that achieves the same effect but with an upper compartment where you can put the thing you want to be thrown away. Just press down the compartment to make the sucker stick and wait a bit for it to be thrown away... You can use it as a funny joke where people put something that in the end are going to be flying away whenever it wants. When you don't need anymore a thing, let the magic box throw it away... Or simply use it like a vase without pressing the sucker down, altough I know you are going to press it down a lot of times heheh. Use some m3 screws and nuts and 3x soft springs to mount it. Easy mount and lots of fun for you and your unaware friends... HINTS: Don't put inside candy or other food or you will be collecting it from the soil. Don't put inside water or other liquids or you will be taking a shower. Don't make jokes to your pets, or kids as it can thow hard objects to the eyes. Choose mild strength springs. Don't put your car keys or fragile objects inside for evident reasons hahah. BTW it is not a bad idea to fill it with rice in a wedding... UPDATE (10-JUN-2016):Minor changes in the top part to allow for more compatibility with more suckers and springs. Touching buldplate support is now required for printing this part. UPDATE (07-JUN-2016): Minor changes in the down part to hide the M3 nuts and make them internal. Also removed some useless material. Sources and STLs updated, pics will be updated when I have the time.