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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!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

        **"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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              • N Offline
                notareal
                last edited by

                Hypnotic! 😲

                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
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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
                            last edited by

                            your work is always unbelievable 👍 .

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

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                            • D Offline
                              d12dozr
                              last edited by

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

                              3D Printing with SketchUp Book
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