This Sword-Through-Shield Illusion makes a straight sword slide through two curved slots that look too narrow to fit.

Turn the small side crank and the sword sweeps smoothly across the wooden-style shield, vanishing into one cut-out and popping out the other while the gears stay hidden in the stone tower base. Inspired by the classic Straight Pole Through a Curved Hole illusion, it’s easy to print, simple to put together, and surprisingly satisfying to watch again and again.

Print Settings

• Layer Height: 0.2 mm
• Infill: 15%
• Walls: 2
• Supports not needed

Components Used

• Magnets 5x3mm
• Glue is required to attach some parts

Filaments Used

• Galaxy Dark Grey - Polymaker PLA
• Brown - Polymaker PLA
• Silk Bronze - Polymaker PLA
• Space Gray - OVERTURE PLA
• Bronze - Bambu PLA

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