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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Very nice work.

      Etaoin Shrdlu

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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
                last edited by

                @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
                          last edited by

                          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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                          • K Offline
                            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
                                last edited by

                                @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

                                    Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                                    • G Offline
                                      Goonster
                                      last edited by

                                      This is superb!

                                      I wondered the same thing as slimdog when I saw this though. Where would the gears meet and what could be powering it? ( just a thought)

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                                      • daleD Offline
                                        dale
                                        last edited by

                                        Cool indeed!
                                        Great to see more of your amazing work.

                                        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                        • TaffGochT Offline
                                          TaffGoch
                                          last edited by

                                          I'm gratified that you folks are liking this.

                                          I've decided to embark upon striving to learn Adobe Flash. As my first production, I converted this particular animated-gif into an animated-flash (adding sound, as "lagniappe.")

                                          (Clickable image)

                                          http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/218/d/c/92_gears___flash_animation_by_taffgoch-d45huow.gif

                                          I am, right away, impressed with Flash. The SWF-animation has much-higher color resolution (24-bit), yet the jpeg-compression can be adjusted to produce a file no bigger than the animated-GIF. 'Looking forward to learning more about Flash.

                                          -Taff

                                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                                          • simon le bonS Offline
                                            simon le bon
                                            last edited by

                                            Dear Taff,

                                            I have taken these pictures, thinking they where for you: it is "time" with this wonderful geodesic watchmaking to offer them to you. ๐Ÿ˜„

                                            La Gรฉode, Citรฉ des Sciences, La Villette, Paris.

                                            La Gรฉode: Wikipedia


                                            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/thLaGeode01.jpg


                                            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/thLaGeode02.jpg

                                            Cheers, simon.

                                            PS: I love the "doom" sound of your machinery into the flash animation.

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