Alternate switch Uhltimate GraviTrax gauss cannon
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This is an alternate switch for the uhltimate Gauss Cannon design at https://makerworld.com/en/models/205695#profileId-225821
NOTE: This switch only fits the 10x5mm magnet base. After I designed this switch modification, the author of the original design added 2 variations for different magnet sizes. For some reason, all 3 designs have different diameter switches. This switch mod will only work with the 10x5mm magnet base.
Note that the 10x5mm magnet base still works with the 10x4 magnets from the GraviTrax magnetic cannon.
This swtich has 4 benefits:
- You can see if marbles are in the entrance or exit.
- You can load the exit marble from the top. It just rolls in place.
- It is possible to reload the cannon (moving the input marble to the exit position) by turning the switch in either direction (assuming there is no marble in the exit position).
- It's just more interesting to see the marbles inside the cannon, even if just when turning the switch to reload the cannon. The original design was a “black box” with no view into the inner workings.
This design is available on TinkerCAD if you want to modify it: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6vibL3Pt9OL-alternate-switch-for-uhltimate-gauss-cannon-for-gravitrax
Also see my remix of the spring ends to use with this model at https://makerworld.com/en/models/206175#profileId-226324



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