Geodesic Gear Sphere

solo

Ooooh!!

That's brilliant.

TaffGoch

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

Dave R

Very nice work.

bob-designer

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

castromann

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

boofredlay

@pixero said:

Wow. Amazing. It's almost hypnotic.

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

TaffGoch

@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.

TaffGoch

@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....

TaffGoch

@unknownuser said:

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

So, the subliminal programming worked, then.

Mwah-ha-haaaa...

Slimdog

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?

mitcorb

I salute your legendary talent. And, congratulations on that solution.

TaffGoch

@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

jamalito

it is wasome

KarinaGM

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

omiKron

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

castromann

@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.