Exercise Wheel MouseTrap

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Printable mouse trap for the Cathals Mouse Trap challenge. This mouse trap combines the both desires of the mouse; the love for exercise wheels and peanut butter (and ours for catching those buggers). Idea is simple. Trap spreads the aroma of the bait from the openings at the sides of the wheel. The mouse then goes in to the wheel from the hole and in inside tries to reach the bait from the opposite side of the wheel. Then the weight of the mouse turns the eccentric wheel and rotates it over 90 degrees, locking it in place and blocking the exit. Weight of the mouse acts as a locking mechanism. Not yet tested but in my mind it works.http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfwgj_exercise-wheel-mousetrap_animals UPDATE: In previous zip file, one file got corrupted at some point and did not work. This has been fixed now in the MouseTrap.zip -file. In the MouseTrapBPlat.zip are resized stl files that are for people who have build platfrom bolts still installed. I don't know how these flaws got past me unnoticed and I apologize for the lack of quality control. Big thanks to Cathal for bringing these to my attention. UPDATE #2: Lesson learned. Never know what to anticipate when you're not printing these yourself. Nothing big but the orientation for the other foot was wrong, too big to print that way. Fixed now in the mousetrap.zip UPDATE #3: Finally uploaded a video of this in action. Sorry for the wait :)http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfdi0y_better-mousetrap-challenge-test-vid_tech Instructions Print all the .stl files from the .zip file Clean Assemble the wheel by matching the notches above and gluing it together. Assemble the stand by gluing the supports to the legs. Bait Set Wait Note: Largest part is 92mm x 70mm