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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
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        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! 😲

              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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                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

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

                            3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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