Gyroscopic Rings Generator

thingiverse

This is a parametric version of the excellent Gyroscopic Keyring by **gianfranco** found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1307100 Thanks gianfranco! I wanted to be able to experiment with the number of rings, spacing between rings, sizes, etc. so created this parametric version that allows the customizer in OpenSCAD or the Thingiverse customizer to be used to alter the model. **Note** that you are encouraged to make your own customized version since I'm only providing one simple STL as proof of concept. I'll add more STLs of different variations if there is a need. The default settings will generate a model that is almost identical to the one above, but using the customizer, either the one built into OpenSCAD from the latest development snapshot versions (these are very stable), or the Thingiverse one, you can modify many settings to generate your own version by: * changing the inner ring size and central hole size - this affects the final gyro size * setting the gap size between the rings * setting the thickness of the rings * setting the height * adding an optional key ring loop - this can also be customized in different ways and orientation With the OpenSCAD customizer (not sure if this can be done with Thingiverse customizer) you can also get a centre sliced view with some transparency in the rings to get a better view of what the model will look like in the centre - this may help decide if your printer tolerances would allow a good print, or just to see what the centre looks like since you never see it after a print :-)