Triple Gear

http://www.shapeways.com/model/779258/triple-gear.html

by youngerdryas • 13 years ago

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freehunter• 13 years ago

Is this the first working triple gear? I'm having troubles understanding the significance of or uses for this device.

Palomides• 13 years ago

I think the primary (only?) value is as a demo object for showing off 3D printing.

nickpinkston• 13 years ago

I was thinking mainly for showing how awesome math is!

leeoniya• 13 years ago

wtf? this is sick!

xijuan• 13 years ago

That looks like a piece of artwork!

lloeki• 13 years ago

Z-axis "elimination" due to the projection on a 2d plane makes it look like a triquerta[0] (really a trefoil knot[1]) on those shots, except there are three loops, not one.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trefoil_knot

frankus• 13 years ago

Seems like it could have applications for something like a rope climbing device, since all of the internal edges converge (or diverge) as the parts are rotated.

cormullion• 13 years ago

More cool gear here:

http://bugman123.com/Gears/index.html

robert_foss• 13 years ago

This is mechanical transistor. I'm looking forward to a Turing complete machine based on triple gears.

delinquentme• 13 years ago

really cool thrust bearing!?

Triple Gear

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