OK hard core Spirograph fans. Maybe you’ve looked at Wild Gears and relegated them to your wish list for Christmas because of price or bewilderment at the choices. Then check out the Compact Gear Set. It’s under $50 and is a great … Continue reading →
I made a new video about making three different wheel-within-a-wheel designs using Wild Gears. It’s my personal number one cool thing to do with Wild Gears. I haven’t figured out how to predict the results yet. Just experiment. For more examples, … Continue reading →
UPDATES: I’m updating this post as I get photos and descriptions from Steve White. – HH A reader, Steve White, has been experimenting with using Spirograph pieces and just recently, Wild Gears, on a machine called a Rose Engine. A Rose … Continue reading →
Aaron Bleackley, creator of Wild Gears (read about my own experiences with Wild Gears here), is running a Kickstarter campaign that ends tomorrow night (Wed., Oct 28, 2015). Aaron’s first Wild Gears Kickstarter campaign was two years ago. Since that time, he has learned … Continue reading →
I made a downloadable, high-resolution, printable set of coloring pages, “Wreaths and Stars“ which you can now (July 2024) buy from this site. It comes to you as a high-resolution PDF file with 12 printable coloring pages – one for … Continue reading →
Aaron Bleackley of Wild Gears has released another video showing a wheel within a wheel. This one is interesting to see as it unfolds. For more wheel within a wheel designs, see my previous post. Shop Wild Gears here
Continue reading →A ring with 120 teeth gives a 5-pointed star with gear 48, and gear 24 gives a pentagonal pattern without any crossed lines. (See the math behind the number of points in a hypotrochoid.) These two gears can work well together, … Continue reading →
Here’s a “wild” thing that Wild Gears can do: make designs with a wheel inside an off-center hole in a larger wheel going around inside a ring. This picture shows little wheel 24 inside hole 60 which is in larger … Continue reading →
Aaron Bleakley, the inventor of Wild Gears, has been making videos lately. The chill music and hypnotic, rhythmic motions of the gears are almost as therapeutic as drawing designs yourself. This video shows him making a pattern with parallel lines using his clever … Continue reading →
Here is a video that Aaron Bleakley made for his successful Kickstarter campaign to launch Wild Gears in 2013. The final sheets of gears available differ somewhat from the ones you see here, as he worked out the details as … Continue reading →
