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Perpendicular Slotted Ellipses
by wtgibson
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These are interesting because as they roll, the center of mass remains a constant height above the table! This means they roll smoothly, and have no desired resting position (unless material is >2mm thick)
From the excellent book "How Round Is Your Circle".
Blog posts:
[wgprojects - perpendicular-rolling-ellipses](http://wgprojects.blogspot.com/2014/07/perpendicular-rolling-ellipses.html)
[wgprojects - perpendicular-rolling-ellipses-2](http://wgprojects.blogspot.com/2014/07/perpendicular-rolling-ellipses-2.html )
Animation in OpenSCAD works quite well; much more obvious than when using Customizer.
I wish Thingiverse supported gif animations - check out my blog to see some.
From the excellent book "How Round Is Your Circle".
Blog posts:
[wgprojects - perpendicular-rolling-ellipses](http://wgprojects.blogspot.com/2014/07/perpendicular-rolling-ellipses.html)
[wgprojects - perpendicular-rolling-ellipses-2](http://wgprojects.blogspot.com/2014/07/perpendicular-rolling-ellipses-2.html )
Animation in OpenSCAD works quite well; much more obvious than when using Customizer.
I wish Thingiverse supported gif animations - check out my blog to see some.
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