Expandable Rotating Ball Maze

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The idea for this spinning ball puzzle hit me one day while I was creating some engaging objects for visually impaired individuals to play with. By rotating each level, the openings will line up one layer at a time for the ball to pass through. It's impossible to 'see' which layer the ball is in, so people have to rely solely on the sound of the ball rolling inside the maze. Both ends of the maze are like enclosures that have openings small enough to contain the ball inside but large enough for visually impaired individuals to feel the ball moving around. As a toy, the objective will be to get the ball from one end to the other end by blindly aligning the layers so the ball can pass through. This design hasn't been 3D printed and tested yet, but I'm hopeful that I've made the connectors with the right tolerance so they fit perfectly.