Botanical Portal Desk Toy

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Demo This is the third, maybe final (but who am I kidding) version of my magic portal desk toy. A bound cord of leaves and vines spans two portals, and can be slid up and down between them, apparently vanishing into the aether. Previously: • Dual Portal Desk Toy – A simpler version. This model has a detailed description of the illusion • Magic Portal Desk Toy - The original and simplest version. Differences from previous versions: • Stronger illusion thanks to three separate elements • Compatible with more printers, requiring only 210 mm of build height • Can be scaled (with adjustment to XY compensation), since all components are printed • Easier to calibrate for smooth operation • More complicated to assemble Note to 3D printing beginners: This is an ambitious project, both in terms of assembly and printing. Particularly on a budget printer, you may have to spend a lot of time fudging tolerances to make it work, and the screw elements may require you to add scaffolding to print successfully, as they are very tall and thin. Printing There are three sets of files for printing: botanical-portal.step-*: These files correlate with the instructions below, which include advice on calibration. The parts are oriented for printing. I recommend printing these while you follow the instructions, and making sure that everything is working well at each step. This will help to minimize the work in reprinting. botanical-portal.bycolor.*: These files are great if you have a really dialed in printer and want to do everything in as few prints as possible. Everything is oriented for printing and separated by color. botanical-portal.assembled.3mf: a single file containing all parts in their final assembled position. This is most useful as a reference during assembly. Each file set contains a “License” object. You can delete that. It's mostly a reminder to folks selling prints online about their obligation to give attribution. The botanical-portal.for-remixing.step fil