Gear exotica from the archives of Make: Online – Top 10 posts

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Gear exotica from the archives of Make: Online – Top 10 posts
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#10

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How-To: Working gears from junk mail

#9

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Gear ring is shiny, spins

#8

Trigears

TriGears – 3D printed puzzle co-created by BitTorrent inventor

#7

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Gear template generator

#6

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Round-up of gear-making books

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Planetary Gear Old-Fashioned Bicycle

#4

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Mind-bending helical ellipitical wooden gear train

#3

Planetary gear motorcycle wheel

#2

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Gear heart

#1

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Non-circular gears in motion

2 thoughts on “Gear exotica from the archives of Make: Online – Top 10 posts

  1. skitahoe says:

    If you want to seem some examples of fantastic gearing, check this out http://www.lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/Claytonsite1.htm. His clocks and sculptures are amazing.

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