Magic 8 Ball of Infinite Wisdowm

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Here is the rewritten text: The microbit competition inspired me to take a direct idea from the "intermediate" coder inspiration page. Give it a shake to see what the future holds. You can find the code on the link on the contest page. This design is approximately the same size as the original magic 8 ball. I decided to play with the "infinite wisdom part" and used an infinity symbol instead of "8". The cones that go towards the center represent the infinity of space-time and the singularity of a black hole at the center. (Google space-time & black hole) Unfortunately, this will be a support-heavy print more than likely. I tried to minimize as much as possible, but lots of support may still be needed. Print only one of the spheres and one of the mount plates. Print solid or with 4-5 walls and little infill (which will reduce the plastic used in the cones). I included two sphere versions: one with supports already added (you may still need some from the bed to the bottom curve to get it started), and one without any supports so you can make your own with your favorite program. The Mount plate has two versions; one with M4 nuts embedded in it and one with open nut holes. If you print the version with the closed nut holes, once you've printed to the top of the nut hole, pause the print right before the layer where it gets covered, and insert the M4 nuts. If your tolerances are off, make it easier to insert the nuts by placing them on a screw and then heating the nuts up with a lighter and pressing them into the insert. The order of assembly for the battery/microbit part is (starting from top if you were looking at the 8 ball opening) as follows: use M4 screws to secure the battery assembly. The steps are: 1. Mount Plate 2. micro:bit 3. Battery lock 4. Battery Case Then secure this assembly to the sphere with M3 nuts and bolts. Note: I removed foreign characters and adjusted grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure to make it more readable and easy to understand.