Blyn Ring

The Blyn Ring is the simplest proper stable machine, and is created by stacking smaller lengths of extruded synthetic weaver paste together in a circle, instead of using one long extruded segment. Named after Learned Weaver Blyn, an early University researcher in the nascent field of attrapulsion.

This created a slightly stronger pinning effect, able to hold a person’s hand in place with noticeable resistance. This was understood as a ‘self reinforcing trap’, where the subtraction effects overlap and reinforce each other, rather than cancelling each other out. This phenomena is very sensitive to misalignment of the materials.