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Information and posts about Aaron Bleackley’s Wild Gears.

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Spirograph vs Wild Gears Comparison

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Spirograph vs Wild Gears

An excellent video by Wayne Schmidt comparing Spirograph and Wild Gears side-by-side. Conclusion: Spirograph is fun, but it’s a toy. Wild Gears is more expensive, and somewhat more difficult to use, but it’s a more serious drawing tool. Shop Wild … Continue reading →

 June 26, 2018

Another Wild Gears Storage Idea

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Any Bruton used one of the cardboard boxes the Wild Gears ship in and used putty to adhere the gears to the inside of the box, arranged by size and labeled. Neat, inexpensive idea.

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 February 6, 2018

Wild Gears Rain Stick

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A rainstick made from the bits of acrylic left over when unpacking Wild Gears. From Suze in Australia.

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 February 6, 2018

More Geeky Wild Gears Stuff

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Jay Heyl shares a trick he used to help keep the gears in contact with the paper. This probably wouldn’t work with Spirograph, just Wild Gears.

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 February 6, 2018

Storing Wild Gears 2: by Jay Heyl

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Further to Jay Heyl’s post on storing smaller Wild Gears, he writes: I was thinking some more about storage for the larger gears and rings and had a brainstorm. Here is the result. I considered making something similar but this … Continue reading →

 January 30, 2018

For Wild Gears Super Geeks: Modifications

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Wild Gears closeup

UPDATE: Since this post, Aaron Bleackley, the creator of Wild Gears, has bought his own laser cutter to produce the gears. It cuts more finely than the cutter at Ponoko, where he used to have the gears made, i.e. the … Continue reading →

 January 24, 2018

WildGears Multimedia with Watercolours

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Spongepainting watercolour paper before drawing designs with Wild Gears to produce interesting multimedia artpieces. Leveling up.

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 January 23, 2018

Using Rare Earth Magnets on Wild Gears

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Suze from Australia sent a picture of her setup for drawing with Wild Gears, in which she uses a heavy-duty magnetic whiteboard and rare earth magnets. Unlike Spirograph pieces, which have a rim supporting the toothed edges, Wild Gears are … Continue reading →

 January 19, 2018

Storing Wild Gears: by Jay Heyl

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Gears in CD pockets

Being laser cut on demand out of sheets of acrylic, Wild Gears do not come with a storage system. So, how to keep them in some kind of tidy but usable state? Here are some great ideas with photos from … Continue reading →

 January 12, 2018

Video: Loopy Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Design

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I keep trying new combinations of Wild Gears to make “wheel-within-a-wheel” designs. Here is a lacey, loopy one, shown on video and also available as a colouring page.

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 November 25, 2017

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