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Vintage Spirograph Booklet from 1968

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Vintage Spirograph box

If you’re a Spirograph geek like me, you’ll love this. It’s a booklet from a 1968 Denys Fisher Spirograph set put out in the UK. Ron Peters from the Netherlands kindly photographed every page so we can all learn from … Continue reading →

 November 20, 2018

Designs with Two Racks: Instructions & Videos

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Two rack setup with pins

Ready for a Spirograph challenge? I didn’t get into the two-rack designs as a kid. Maybe I tried it once and found it too difficult; I don’t remember. But a request for some videos about them prompted me to sit … Continue reading →

 January 16, 2017

Aligning Both Spirograph Rings on the Same Pattern

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Suppose you want to draw a Spirograph pattern using both rings. How would you change the ring so that everything still lines up, and you don’t lose the center and the symmetry? This was a question from Michaela Fredrich in … Continue reading →

 November 25, 2016

Video: Drawing on the outside of the ring

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Have you ever drawn designs on the outside of a Spirograph ring? They’re called epitrochoids, as opposed to hypotrochoids which are drawn inside the rings. Epitrochoids have their points on the inside and big arching swoops on the outside. You … Continue reading →

 November 6, 2016

New Basic How-To Spirograph Video!

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I’ve had a lot of new subscribers to my YouTube channel in the past few months. So I thought I’d make a new introductory video on using Spirograph. I took the new Deluxe Set and went through the different parts … Continue reading →

 November 2, 2016

Original Spirograph Manual

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Here is the original 1967 Kenner Spirograph instruction booklet. It was posted to Scribd by user “shootme2001”. Whoever you are, thank you! … Continue reading →

 June 19, 2016

Video on Drawing 7-Pointed Spirograph Designs

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I just made a new video in which I draw a couple of the designs in the booklet that comes with the new Spirograph and also older models. There are 4 wheels that give you a 7-pointed design when used with … Continue reading →

 May 30, 2016

New video: Pinwheel Design with Ring 150/105 and Wheel 84

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I made another video demonstrating how to make a 5-pointed pinwheel design. This design is not for beginners – I’ve labeled it “Intermediate”. See more tips below the video. You can use this technique with other wheel and ring combinations. It works … Continue reading →

 July 13, 2015

New Spirograph How-To Video: Wheel 48 in Ring 96

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Excited to post my new Spirograph video! Now that I have the technology figured out, let me know in the comments if there’s any particular Spirograph theme that you’d like me to show in a video. … Continue reading →

 June 21, 2015

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