Experiment #375: The Fire Cube

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Getting close to reinventing the moire explorer…

Moiré Explorer

Since I was a kid I was fascinated by the moiré effect when two overlapping patterns create another pattern / image. After getting my Glowforge, I had cut out some regular patterns of holes and slots etc, and noticed they would create that same kind of interference pattern when overlapped. So I figured it would be a fun exercise to create a gadget with interchangable discs to explore the moire effect. I call it the Moiré Explorer The first prototype was a simple C-shaped ring with captured …