Comments on: Super Spirograph: Curvy Diamond

By: MonaMarieRosemary

MonaMarieRosemary — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:13:21 +0000

I’m not sure where to post this. Has anyone made a sort of hourglass shape with the bonus tracks, using D A D A B A B A ? I calculate 156 teeth on the inside. Wheels 84 and 80 won’t even clear the inside. Wheel 72 produced a nice shape with 13 points. So does Wheel 60. Then, there’s Wheel 52, which males 3 points! I don’t know how to post a photo in the comments. Try it!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:17:05 +0000

In reply to MonaMarieRosemary. Thank you! Even looking at the photo I can see that there's only one D on each side. I've corrected the article.

By: MonaMarieRosemary

MonaMarieRosemary — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:44:03 +0000

Sorry but, the way I get it, the shapes of the pieces go D B C C B D B C C B. I only used two D pieces. I just could not get it to work with four D pieces. Did this happen to anyone else?

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:21:16 +0000

In reply to Catherine.

Yes, I think so. I can’t give directions because I haven’t been in a position to try it. You’d want to get bigger paper (A3 or 11×17″). You might need to use pins or a LOT of putty to firmly hold down those pieces with missing ends. I haven’t tried the new super pieces, so don’t know how well the ends would fit with the old ones. I love the curvier shapes best, so having more pieces to make more curves sounds good to me. Hope you’ll report on your results if you try it.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 08 May 2017 08:50:26 +0000

If I had two Super Spirograph sets, would it be possible to make a greater variety of ring shapes? The reason I’m interested is that my vintage set is missing the (female) end pieces – I’ve been searching ebay for these for ages, with no luck – so I’m thinking of buying one of the new ‘complete’ sets. I would love your opinion about this. Thanks.