Wild Gears Video: Drawing Parallel Lines
A video featuring spirograph-like designs drawn with Wild Gears, using its unique ability to draw patterns with parallel lines.
Continue reading →Wild Gears Video: Two Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Patterns
I’m endlessly fascinated with what happens when you draw with a small gear inside one of Wild Gears’ asymmetrical holes in a larger gear, driving that larger gear inside an even larger ring. Maybe you have to watch a video … Continue reading →
Ponoko Profiles Wild Gears
UPDATE April 2020: After prototyping Wild Gears using Ponoko to produce the product, Aaron Bleackley has purchased his own laser cutter and now produces them in-house. Shop Wild Gears at this link. The laser-cut-on-demand company that Aaron Bleackley used to … Continue reading →
How To Unpack Wild Gears
Aaron Bleackley has made a video with tips on how to unpack Wild Gears without breaking or losing anything. Maybe he saw my unboxing video – I was a bit over-enthusiastic and things got a bit chaotic. Wild Gears are … Continue reading →
Wild Gears Video: Ecstasy of Gold
I have one more video to share that I filmed last summer in the bright sunlight. I put it together with Curtis Thorpe‘s rendition of The Ecstasy of Gold, the classic spaghetti western theme composed by Ennio Morricone for Sergio … Continue reading →
Buying Wild Gears
Do you love Spirograph but are ready for something more? Or do you love someone who is, maybe someone you like to surprise with presents? Have you seen my Wild Gears page, or any of my Wild Gears videos, or the … Continue reading →
YouTube Channel Reaches 1000 Subscribers
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Continue reading →Another Wild Gears Video: Full Page Triangle
This video shows an old favorite triangle design from early Spirograph, done at full page size, using Wild Gears. In this case, the gear has 140 teeth and the ring has 210 teeth. Both are part of the Full Page … Continue reading →
Video: Wild Gears Gear 120 in Ring 210
Here’s another Wild Gears video I made last week in the direct sunlight. This one is speeded up 4 times and matched with a reggae beat. The holes in Wild Gears are usually lined up in rows. This gear has two … Continue reading →
Video: Quiet Time with Wild Gears
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 →