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 →
Making Cards with Spirograph or Wild Gears
Got spiro-skills? Use them to make unique, hand-drawn greeting cards with your Spirograph or Wild Gears.
Continue reading →Spirograph Tips Video from Wayne Schmidt
If you’ve been frustrated with Spirograph gears skipping out of alignment, spoiling your designs, or even if you’re an experienced spirographer, Wayne Schmidt has a video for you. He applies his logical, problem solving mind to common pitfalls people run into, … Continue reading →
Designs with Two Racks: Instructions & Videos
Ready for a Spirograph challenge? I didn’t get into the two-rack designs as a kid. Maybe I tried it once and found it too difficult; I don’t remember. But a request for some videos about them prompted me to sit … Continue reading →
More Drawing with Spirograph Die-cast Collector’s Set
While making the video about the unboxing of the Spirograph Die-cast Collector’s Set, I had some extra footage which I’ve compiled into another video. Two of the patterns are included in the instructions with the set. For the third, I … Continue reading →
Aligning Both Spirograph Rings on the Same Pattern
Suppose you want to draw a Spirograph pattern using both rings. How would you change the ring so that everything still lines up, and you don’t lose the center and the symmetry? This was a question from Michaela Fredrich in … Continue reading →
Video: Drawing on the outside of the ring
Have you ever drawn designs on the outside of a Spirograph ring? They’re called epitrochoids, as opposed to hypotrochoids which are drawn inside the rings. Epitrochoids have their points on the inside and big arching swoops on the outside. You … Continue reading →
New Basic How-To Spirograph Video!
Get tips and tricks to drawing with Spirograph by watching this intro video made for beginners.
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