MAGNETIC HANGING GAME · 2 PLAYERS

Circus Trapeze

A white trapeze swings on a ball bearing under a striped big top, and two troupes of magnetic performers hang from it hand to feet. Push your rival's side down, but if the pointer hits a stop or anyone touches the ring on your turn, you lose.

You need
The three plates in circus_trapeze_P1S.3mf (about 6 h, 185 g of PLA). 1 × 6700ZZ ball bearing (10 × 15 × 4 mm). 66 × 3 × 1 mm disc magnets. CA glue, a marker and a toothpick.
Good to know
No screws and no supports. Most of the build is gluing magnets. Assembled it stands 236 × 80 × 249 mm. Magnets are small and strong — keep loose ones away from small children and pets.

Assemble

  1. 1Dot the magnets

    Step 1: Dot the magnets

    Snap all 66 magnets into one stack. Dab the top magnet with a marker, slide it off sideways, and repeat until every magnet has a dot. The dots now all mark the same pole.

  2. 2Glue the troupe

    Step 2: Glue the troupe

    Hands get their magnets dot showing. Feet, the walker's four rings and the clown's shoe get theirs dot hidden. Each team has 21. Put a small drop of CA glue in a pocket and press the magnet in flush with a toothpick.

  3. 3Glue the bar

    Step 3: Glue the bar

    All 24 spots under the trapeze bar, both rows, get their magnets dot hidden. Test as you go: before the glue sets, hang each performer under the bar and the next one under its feet. If a piece pushes away instead of snapping on, pull that magnet out and flip it.

  4. 4Bearing into the trapeze

    Step 4: Bearing into the trapeze

    The front of the trapeze is the side with the red and yellow bar. Press the 6700ZZ into the round pocket on that side with your thumb until it sits flush.

  5. 5Hang the trapeze

    Step 5: Hang the trapeze

    Lay the frame on its back on a table. Set the trapeze over the frame's round post, front up, with the pointer toward the flag. Turn the pin so its flat side faces the legs, like the flat in the frame's D-hole. Push it through the bearing and press it home until its head stops on the bearing. The trapeze should swing freely.

  6. 6Stand it in the ring

    Step 6: Stand it in the ring

    Push the frame's two legs into the sockets at the back of the ring, all the way down.

  7. 7Set the stops

    Step 7: Set the stops

    Plug two pegs into one pair of holes in the gauge from the front, knob out. Start on the middle pair; pull them out by the knob to change the difficulty. Nudge the bar: the trapeze should swing a few times and settle level, with the pointer centred.

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