Top 10: Gears!

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Top 10: Gears!

We have done both gear- and gear-making-related roundups before, but our gear world has turned (bam!) quite a few times since then, and we’ve covered some even hotter gear action in the interim. Someday there’s going to be a gear-roundup roundup. But for now, here’s our top gear content as it stands today:

#10

Planetary Gear Motorcycle Wheel


#9

Roll Your Own Da Vinci-Style Worm Gear — DIY How-To From Make: Projects


#8

Harnessing Bacteria To Turn Gears


#7

Planetary Gear Old-Fashioned Bicycle


#6

Gear Template Generator


#5

TriGears – 3D Printed Puzzle Co-created By BitTorrent Inventor


#4

Do These Gears Really Work?


#3

Gear Ring Is Shiny, Spins


#2

Geared Candleholder — DIY How-To From Make: Projects


#1

How-To: Make Your Own Gears

Did I miss a good one? Let me know, below!

8 thoughts on “Top 10: Gears!

  1. Scott Robertson says:

    This wooden geared marble machine by Ronald Waters always amazes me.

    1. Charlie Ziman says:

      awesome!  love the rube goldberg type mechanical projects got my gears spinning.

    2. Charlie Ziman says:

      awesome!  love the rube goldberg type mechanical projects got my gears spinning.

  2. milwaukeemad says:

    do you have any plans to duplicate that

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