The Nevermore Clock

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Happy Halloween, People of Thingiverse!I might make some different gobos for this as well as the cogs and keep adding to it if that'd be good? Maybe a different clock face - A thin one with a hole in the middle to fit a little clock mechanism might be fun.This is a diffuser for a tealight or votive candle. (Not a working clock) Those cheapo little battery operated candles will also work really nicely. Obviously, if you do use a real candle, make sure it's a good few inches behind it so that you don't melt your clock!When you put this together, I've left you with a couple of options to play with:You use only the gear gobo, only the face, or you could possibly design your own gobo insert- Maybe a spider in a web or something. if you don't glue it in, it's changeable anyway.If you fit the gobo and clock facing together, the shadows will be sharper and blacker. Turn the gobo around and it softens the shadow slightly and you get a nice parallax effect as the flame flickers and seems to make the gears move. You've got a few choices to experiment with for your own preferences. I've uploaded some photos of the effects you get from both. Maybe put the gobo in and see which effect you prefer before gluing the raven together to make it easier to remove and turn around.I printed the clock face with translucent filament from Verbatim. White MIGHT work, I don't know- I've run out so can't test it. Maybe play with the number of top and bottom layers if you want to try it. If you have experience of designing lithophanes, this should be pretty much the same principle.Finishing it off, I just went over the hands and numbers with a black sharpie and the details on the base in a silver one. I went over the whole thing with spray varnish which smooths out the layer lines and also makes the face more transparent.Included in the uploads is a word document for you reference.Quoth The Raven: "Thermal runaway detected!"