©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2019
MAGICIAN’S CHAIN
A Magician’s Chain is a toy usually made from metal rings where the rings cascade from the top of the chain. I wanted to make a coloured Magician’s Chain to show what actually happens so Steve designed and printed the rings to do it.
The rings are about 30 mm wide with a 2 degree gap in the circumference to allow them to be slotted together.
Short metal version
Short 3D printed version
These photos show the short 3D chain in the two positions you see in the video.
Turn on your sound to hear the rings falling.
Blog post about the chains.
| Curve of Pursuit |
| Magician's Chain |
| Klein Bottle |
| Square To Eternity |
| Applique |
| Block Prints |
| Counting Panes |
| Enscriptions |
| Screen Prints |
| Circular Prints |
| Colour effects |
| Halves |
| Illusions |
| Irrationals |
| Pentominoes |
| Weaving Patterns |
| Castor & Pollux |
| Ear-piece |
| Flamingo |
| Golden Earring |
| Penrose |
| Wild Oats |
| Crossover Halves |
| Points of Sail |
| Set Sail |
| Steeplechase Halves |
| Boxed In |
| Hexentricity |
| Holes and Corners |
| Rose Windows |
| Runabout |
| The Other Man's Grass |
| Tripartite |
| Window Pains |
| Irrational Boxes |
| Irrational Flowers |
| Irrational Folds |
| Irrational Roofs |
| Bunch of Fives |
| Moons and Nooms |
| Pentamoons |
| Fleece Basketry |
| Leather Basketry |
| Tickled Pink |
| Willow the Wisp |
| Enscription 1A |
| Enscription 1C |
| Enscription 1D |
| Enscription 1E |
| Enscription 2A |
| Cracking Codes |
| Cross-wise |
| Interference |
| Ring Binders |
| Stitch-work |
| Top-spin |
| To the Point |
| Web of Intrigue |
| Wheels Within Wheels |
| Whirlpools |
| Window Boxes |
| Makeables |
| Mirror Pillar |
| Penrose Table |
| Bracelets |