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I am excited to announce that on 2/17/17 we are going to be hosting another Easel Class Live on Youtube!
The topic? GEAR-MANIA
I myself (who has never made anything with a gear before) started out with making a peg board and using the gear app to make some basic sizes of gears.
So, even if you have NO idea where to start with gears, cut some out and play around. You will be surprised how fun it is and how easy it is to develop projects.
Below, please share the most whimsical or technical creation you have made with gears!
I’m building a list of projects to begin making after all my parts arrive and I can get this XC up and running. I’ll add this to my list because I just know my little grandkids would love little moving animals. Thanks!!
Inspired by some of my colleagues, I dipped my toe into the world of generating hypotrochoids and epitrochoids! – also called Spirographs.
I think this project falls about here on the whimsical/technical spectrum:
They are very fun both to make and use. If you’re not scared of a bit of geometry, you can learn how they work here. Mine’s not perfect, but it’s a good place to start and get some ideas for your own.
The Linkages program is an excellent way to experiment with the geometry and placement of these and see it working. Then take the gear info into a easel to construct the actual gears and linkages.
Check it out - (Windows, free)
I know I am a bit late in the game here. Wondering what you are using for axles to hold the gears onto the back board? Is there something off the shelf I can buy?
Thanks!!
