1967 Spirograph Refill Kit No. 402
IMAGES UPDATED Jan. 2026 – The 1967 Spirograph Refill Kit had more Spirograph pattern instructions, including dozens of “mystery patterns” to try.
Continue reading →How to Buy a Spirograph Set
Tips for buying new or vintage Spirograph sets – where to look and what to look out for.
Continue reading →Vintage Spirograph Booklet from 1968
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 →
Order Spirograph Replacement Pieces
UPDATE August 2020: The link to the store mentioned below is no longer working. If you’re looking for Spirograph replacement parts, try Etsy or eBay. Sometimes people sell individual pieces there. The vintage Spirograph sets are compatible with the new … Continue reading →
Vintage Spirograph Swing Marker Mystery
Maybe you can help Ron Peters, who wrote from the Netherlands, with a mystery: EDIT: Aug. 13: See the bottom of this post for an update! I (re-)discovered spirograph the 25th of June this year when I bought the starter … Continue reading →
Spirograph vs Wild Gears Comparison
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 →
Another Wild Gears Storage Idea
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.
Continue reading →Wild Gears Rain Stick
A rainstick made from the bits of acrylic left over when unpacking Wild Gears. From Suze in Australia.
Continue reading →More Geeky Wild Gears Stuff
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.
Continue reading →Storing Wild Gears 2: by Jay Heyl
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 →