Richard Kline writes: Non circular gears are strange. When the topic of square gear trains appears in casual conversation, people tend to think a joke is being made, that it is ‘impossible’ to make a square gear that actually meshes properly. After being drawn into a vicious debate with a co-worker about the existence and […]
If you are curious about the technical details of designing and laying out gears and gear trains, you can download a complete, free, public domain copy of the 1922 edition of the American Machinist Gear Book from Google Books right now.
Wonderful industrial film from the 1930s showing how a car’s differential gear works.
Thanks Lass! Have you tried CraftRobo? Could you do something similar to this by hand? How would you do the design work to make gears and other mechanisms? What software would you use? Add your ideas to the comments, and contribute your photos and video to the MAKE Flickr pool.
MAKE subscriber Dug North sent us a link to Steve Garrison’s amazing wooden gear window blinds made from walnut slats and frame, pecan handles, and cherry gears and pulleys. Window Blinds
A papercraft gear heart you have to see to believe
Benjamin Cowden makes machinery as art with some intriguing results – such as the above crank operated piece titled – Some People I Don’t Know. His work often represents human figures in organic material contrasting predominent gear apparatus resulting in – cool art toys! Check out his flash site for more examples. He’ll be showing […]
