Comments on: Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Exploration with Wild Gears https://spirographicart.com/2021/03/02/wheel-within-a-wheel-exploration-with-wild-gears/ Tips, reviews, how-to information about Spirograph and similar drawing tools Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:13:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: holmpage https://spirographicart.com/2021/03/02/wheel-within-a-wheel-exploration-with-wild-gears/#comment-41439 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:13:28 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=3933#comment-41439 In reply to David Frankel.

No. The pattern is determined by the number of teeth of each unit, and mathematical relationships between those numbers.

Now if the gears were not moving smoothly over the paper for some reason, you might get a distortion and bumps in the curves, but as long as the gears start in the same position and the teeth remain engaged, the pattern is the same.

]]> By: David Frankel https://spirographicart.com/2021/03/02/wheel-within-a-wheel-exploration-with-wild-gears/#comment-41437 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 10:05:45 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=3933#comment-41437 Does the pattern also depend on how fast you move the 2 gears relative to each other?

]]> By: Esther https://spirographicart.com/2021/03/02/wheel-within-a-wheel-exploration-with-wild-gears/#comment-5868 Sat, 01 May 2021 03:14:20 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=3933#comment-5868 Great information here – I am not that good at figuring out how many points the outcome will be. I just pick from my selection of Wild Gears what I hope will look ok when completed. I like the fact that you have videos on YouTube and you put the numbers of the rings and gears you use to complete your creations.

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