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    • TaffGochT Offline
      TaffGoch
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      @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 😉

      I beg your pardon! - OBSESSED ? 😮

      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.... 😄

        "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. 😍

          Mwah-ha-haaaa... 👿

          "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. 👍 👍 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. 😉

                @unknownuser said:

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

                @unknownuser said:

                So no sketchy physics plugin was used?"
                So, no.... 😄


                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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                  • K Offline
                    KarinaGM
                    last edited by

                    YOU ARE SICK!
                    I'm loving it!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

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

                    -Benjamín Franklin.**

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                    • omiKronO Offline
                      omiKron
                      last edited by

                      This engine could spin the Earth forever ! Just.. speechless, awesome work 🎉

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                      • C Offline
                        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 😉

                        I beg your pardon! - OBSESSED ? 😮

                        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 deviantART😞]

                          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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                            notareal
                            last edited by

                            Hypnotic! 😲

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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
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                                    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. 😄

                                    La Géode, Cité des Sciences, La Villette, Paris.

                                    La Géode: 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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                                    • TaffGochT Offline
                                      TaffGoch
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks, Simon,

                                      I've long admired La Géode, from photos I've seen online.

                                      It would be great to visit (adding to a long list of other geodesic-architecture landmarks.)

                                      -Taff

                                      "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                                      • jarynzlesaJ Offline
                                        jarynzlesa
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                                        your work is always unbelievable 👍 .

                                        http://www.vizualizaceschodiste.mypage.cz/

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                                          d12dozr
                                          last edited by

                                          I'm blown away, Taff, your work never fails to be inspiring

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