A zen garden ought to be a source of relaxation as well as getaway from the everyday. The whole point ought to be to getaway from–among other things–your electronics. Unless you are [MakrToolbox]. then you’ll make a gorgeous zen garden end table that enables you to make patterns in the sand utilizing a sphere bearing as well as an Arduino. You can see a video below.
Technically, the gadget is practically an upside down 3D printer without any Z axis. The system moves a magnet which controls the steel sphere as well as draws patterns in the sand. However, the truly outstanding parts of this job are the woodworking for the end table as well as the outstanding documentation, ought to you want to reproduce this job yourself.
We couldn’t assist however believe of this as a truly good full-grown Etch-a-Sketch. [MakrToolbox] originally utilized a 3D printer manage board to get everything moving however later chose to take a different approach. From the user’s point of view, a joystick drives the ball. We can’t comment on if it has the exact same soothing effect, or not.
You’d believe that a CNC zen garden was a book idea, however time has demonstrated that it isn’t. Not even close. Seriously. However, it may be the most aesthetic one we’ve seen.