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 are some designs made with Wild Gears triangle 48 (78/18) in ring 84, exploring the patterns generated by choosing different lines of four holes. Shop Wild Gears here
Continue reading →These designs all use Wild Gears’ 210-tooth ring, and are 8″ in diameter. Captions give details. Many of them explore the possibilities of the 120 triangle gear. More to come. Shop Wild Gears here I took the second last image … Continue reading →
