![]() ![]() Remember to use objects that allows light to pass through them and not to fill the chamber too full over the pieces will not easily move. Paper clips, buttons, feathers and small translucent colored beads of different shapes and sizes work well. You can use many different objects in your object chamber. Not only will the image change as you turn the scope but you will get a very unique experience as you tilt the scope up and down (the beads will flow back and forth). Add the eye piece to the other end and you have a great first scope. By putting 20 or so small translucent beads of different colors and shapes into the mirror system and sealing the non-viewing end with a plastic cap, you have made an excellent object chamber. The simplest object chamber is the mirror system itself. When viewing a kaleidoscope you need to understand this to know what direction to the light to hold the scope so that the maximum amount of light to enters it. Most object chambers are end lit, meaning that the light enters though a translucent end to the object chamber. When creating an object chamber it is important to remember that light must enter the object chamber. A common one is to have an object cell with a clear end so it is also a teleidoscope. Hybrid - This is simply a combination of two of the about. The images are dramatically different from other kaleidoscopic images in both color and shape and appear almost 3-dimentional. Other light rays are refracted or angled though the filters and are seen as various colors depending on the angles. Polarized Light Filters - They filter out light rays that would normally pass through creating a dark background for the image. Marbles can often be changed. Crystals usually contain colors or objects for viewing and also allow the scope to function as a teleidoscope. Turning the marble or crystal changes the image. Marbles or Crystals- They allow for glass marbles or crystals to be viewed as objects. This allows the viewer to turn anything from friends and family to their flower garden into a kaleidoscopic image. Teleidoscope - There is no object chamber, only a clear lens that turns everything it is pointed toward into a kaleidoscopic image. They usually add to the appearance of the scope and allow for changing of objects. They are usually part of the stand and the scope looks down at an angle at them. Turntables (sometimes called a carousel) are plates that objects can be put on. ![]() Liquid filled cylinders are also used which prevents the issue of a limited number of viewable images. Scopes with a dry cylinder are limited to a small number of unique images (one time around the cylinder and you have seen every possible image). For this reason must scopes with a cylinder don't need a stand. They add to the scopes appearance and don't hang down below the scope like wheels do. The wheels usually contain objects such as stained glass, gemstones and dried flowers.Ĭylinders (disc, drum, barrel) are also used. Most use multiple wheels since a single wheel greatly reduces the number of viewable images. Wheel scopes use one or more wheels as objects. They always rotate independently of the scope's body and are at an angle to the scope's body. Some attach through the end of the scope's body or are attached to the scope's stand. Wheel(s)/Cylinders/Turntables - They often attach to the scope's body via an attachment such as a rod or wire(s). Most "puck scopess" come with multiple interchangable pucks. The popular "wand scopes" allow for the purchase of additional wands with different color liquids. Wand(s)/Puck - These are similar to the liquid filled cell in that they are liquid-filled however they are not directly attached to the scopes body.
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