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    • PixeroP Offline
      Pixero
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      Wow. Amazing. It's almost hypnotic. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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      • david_hD Offline
        david_h
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        that is really cool.

        Will that be in stores for Christmas? I want one!
        ๐Ÿ’š

        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
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          Ooooh!!

          That's brilliant.

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • TaffGochT Offline
            TaffGoch
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            I did this to demonstrate that a proper arrangement of gears, in a sphere, could, indeed, rotate.

            There was some conjecture (in another forum) that the counter-rotation of gears would be locked. Truly, if three adjacent gears were meshed together, then the whole system would lock-up. This image settles the argument! "A picture is worth a thousand words."

            Producing the proper association, of a gear and it's neighbors, will ensure that it won't be a locked system.

            ~Taff

            "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Very nice work.

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              • B Offline
                bob-designer
                last edited by

                Very interesting, what else wound I expect from you?
                Can you make it expand and contract, change colors?

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                • C Offline
                  castromann
                  last edited by

                  there has to be a lot of thinking behind this one. i saw your geodiscs and models in the warehouse before. where does your addiction to geodiscs come from - seems like your obsessed by these ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                  • boofredlayB Offline
                    boofredlay
                    last edited by

                    @pixero said:

                    Wow. Amazing. It's almost hypnotic. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                    Indeed. I just sent you the money you demanded as well ๐Ÿ˜ฒ ... can't ... look ... away ... ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                    • TaffGochT Offline
                      TaffGoch
                      last edited by

                      @castromann said:

                      there has to be a lot of thinking behind this one. i saw your geodiscs and models in the warehouse before. where does your addiction to geodiscs come from - seems like your obsessed by these ๐Ÿ˜‰

                      I beg your pardon! - OBSESSED ? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                      I rather prefer "enamored," if you don't mind.

                      ( "Smitten," "enchanted," "infatuated" or "enraptured" will also do )

                      ~Taff

                      It's been 40+ years of fascination with the geometry & mathematical derivation of the elements of geodesic domes, which used to be closely-guarded proprietary information.

                      "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                      • TaffGochT Offline
                        TaffGoch
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                        @bob-designer said:

                        Very interesting, what else would I expect from you?

                        If you do a quick check of my online history, you'd then know "what," indeed.... ๐Ÿ˜„

                        "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                        • TaffGochT Offline
                          TaffGoch
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          I just sent you the money you demanded as well...

                          So, the subliminal programming worked, then. ๐Ÿ˜

                          Mwah-ha-haaaa... ๐Ÿ‘ฟ

                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                          • S Offline
                            Slimdog
                            last edited by

                            Nicely done. Color me impressed.

                            How do all the axles come together in the middle?

                            Where does the drive motor fit in?

                            So no sketchy physics plugin was used?

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                            • mitcorbM Offline
                              mitcorb
                              last edited by

                              I salute your legendary talent. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ And, congratulations on that solution.

                              I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                              • TaffGochT Offline
                                TaffGoch
                                last edited by

                                @slimdog said:

                                How do all the axles come together in the middle?"
                                It's a virtual model -- so, no axles. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Where does the drive motor fit in?"
                                It's a virtual model -- so, no motor. ๐Ÿ˜„

                                @unknownuser said:

                                So no sketchy physics plugin was used?"
                                So, no.... ๐Ÿ˜„


                                If I were to physically build this, as a sculpture, I'd use an internal geodesic frame/cage, where I'd mount 92 short axle "spindles," pointing outward, at the geodesic vertices.

                                Only one gear would need to be powered, as all the rest would be "pushed" by that one gear.

                                Mounting an electric motor, hidden inside the cage, would be trivial.


                                How to keep kids from sticking their fingers in the gears - now, THAT would be a problem. (I suppose, the adults, too.)

                                ~Taff

                                "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                                • jamalitoJ Offline
                                  jamalito
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                                  it is wasome

                                  Albert Einstein:
                                  ((I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.))

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                                    KarinaGM
                                    last edited by

                                    YOU ARE SICK!
                                    I'm loving it!!! ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰

                                    **"Aquel que sacrifica un poco de libertad por seguridad, no se merece ninguna y terminarรก perdiendo ambas"

                                    -Benjamรญn Franklin.**

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                                    • omiKronO Offline
                                      omiKron
                                      last edited by

                                      This engine could spin the Earth forever ! Just.. speechless, awesome work ๐ŸŽ‰

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                                        castromann
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                                        @taffgoch said:

                                        @castromann said:

                                        there has to be a lot of thinking behind this one. i saw your geodiscs and models in the warehouse before. where does your addiction to geodiscs come from - seems like your obsessed by these ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                        I beg your pardon! - OBSESSED ? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                        I rather prefer "enamored," if you don't mind.

                                        ( "Smitten," "enchanted," "infatuated" or "enraptured" will also do )

                                        ~Taff

                                        It's been 40+ years of fascination with the geometry & mathematical derivation of the elements of geodesic domes, which used to be closely-guarded proprietary information.

                                        haha! ok i will keep that in mind. whatever your "relationship" with these is - this is simply great and fascinating work

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                                        • TaffGochT Offline
                                          TaffGoch
                                          last edited by

                                          A simplified SketchUp model is available:
                                          Gears Ball- 3D Warehouse

                                          %(#BF0000)[(Clickable image-link, to deviantART๐Ÿ˜ž]

                                          http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/209/8/9/92_gears___animation_study_by_taffgoch-d41pt63.gif

                                          ~Taff

                                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                                          • N Offline
                                            notareal
                                            last edited by

                                            Hypnotic! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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