Last week I was lucky to be staying at a beautiful spot on the Noel Shore of Nova Scotia, overlooking the Minas Basin. I took my Wild Gears along. One morning I set up my tripod on the table in the … Continue reading →
OK hard core Spirograph fans. Maybe you’ve looked at Wild Gears and relegated them to your wish list for Christmas because of price or bewilderment at the choices. Then check out the Compact Gear Set. It’s under $50 and is a great … Continue reading →
I followed a link from the Wikipedia article on Spirograph to this user manual for Super Spirograph. It’s in French, Dutch and German. Thanks to Stephanie Molina who posted it on Scribd. It’s 39 pages of vintage goodness, including many … Continue reading →
The bar is the oddest “wheel” that comes with Spirograph sets. This video is just an introduction to it, demonstrating hole 1 in both rings. With ring 144/96, the bar produces a 12-pointed pattern. With ring 150/105 it makes 21 points. So using … Continue reading →
I made a video to demonstrate a design from the Spirograph instruction booklet that uses the oval wheel in ring 150/105. Hole 13 is off-center and makes an asymmetrical pattern, but when you flip the oval wheel over, it makes … Continue reading →
Lots of people seem to be interested in videos of the designs in the Spirograph booklets getting made. So here’s another, using wheel #80 in ring 150/105. I used my own choice of colors, of course, which is half the … Continue reading →
I just made a new video in which I draw a couple of the designs in the booklet that comes with the new Spirograph and also older models. There are 4 wheels that give you a 7-pointed design when used with … Continue reading →
I made a new video about making three different wheel-within-a-wheel designs using Wild Gears. It’s my personal number one cool thing to do with Wild Gears. I haven’t figured out how to predict the results yet. Just experiment. For more examples, … Continue reading →
Whether or not you’re a Lego aficionado, you might find this mechanism for drawing a spirograph-like design intriguing. Technically it’s not a hypotrochoid like a spirograph pattern produced inside a ring. Rather, it’s a pintograph, produced by a pen held … Continue reading →
