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Wait a second… that’s not a trap at all!

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I just realized that the second variation of my funnel/one-way-door mousetrap doesn’t really trap mice at all!

Since it is specifically designed to provide an avenue of escape to the mouse, there’s no trapping being done, and I may have just miserably failed the design challenge.  The challenge specifically states that the winning design is the one that first catches his mouse.

Plus, this particular design would require you to drill a 4cm hole and 4x 3mm holes in a door.  I’m guessing this is one of those “cure is worse than the disease” solutions.

New print: TARDIS

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InnovationByLayers – you rule.  Thank you for modeling and posting this.  I’ve really wanted to print out a TARDIS and a Dalek.  I downloaded the file, ran it through Skeinforge, and started printing away.

1 hour and 8 minutes later:

TARDIS

TARDIS

I am very happy with this print.  You can see some very minor vertical variation in the model, which is quite exaggerated by the photographic angle, but it’s probably about 0.33mm or so.  The variation is barely noticeable.   I suspect I could get better resolution if all four of my Z axis threaded rods were straighter, but I also think my time/effort is probably better spent dialing into the correct Skeinforge settings.