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Do-Nothing Machine
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SummaryThe Trammel of Archimedes is a device used to trace an elliptical path. It is sometimes made as a novelty and called a "do-nothing machine" or a "smoke grinder." It is extremely easy to print and assemble but hard to put down. Wikipedia has an awesome .gif of it in actionhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Trammel_of_Archimedes_Large.gifThe arm could be made more complex, to add a handle or pen holder, but my aim was simplicity. I didn't want to distract
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