Paper Mechanical Iris: I also got featured on HackADay! Link: http://hackaday.com/2011/03/22/paper-mechanical-iris/ Please rate and comment! I posted a picture Instructable of this, and someone wanted me to make an instructable. This mechanical iris has 6 segm…

Make an iris diaphragm out of craft materials found around the home. This step-by-step guide will help you build a functional cardboard mechanical iris.

Make an iris diaphragm that can close completely. This post explains how the dual-plane iris design achieves a fully closing mechanical iris.

3D design Mechanical Iris 120mm for Stepper created by Maschinist RaumZeitPiraten with Tinkercad

After I finished the prototype and played around with it for a bit I truly understood how the mechanism itself works, thus enabling me to come up with parts that would ensure a maximum difference between fully opened and fully (as much as possible) closed iris. I decided I'd invest some time and draw the schematics for the parts I figured would perform well. I am planning to make a short tutorial on how to decide the number of shutters as well as their length to achieve the best results…

Mechanical Iris V2.0: Before anything else, I would like to say that this Instructable is based on and inspired by carlbass and his Mechanical iris. Author: https://www.instructables.com/member/carlbass/ Instructable: https://www.instructables.com/id/mechanical-iri…

How to Make a 12 Leaves Mechanical Irirs: Materials: 1 - bicycle chain......yes a bicycle chain, you'll seee what's for. 1 - copper sheet 1 - 15mm MDF board (20 x 20 cm will do) 1 - 3mm MDF board (20 x 20 cm will do) ( not on the pics) 1 CD tube case And also some tools such as: Bicicle c…

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