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Okay, so there aren't only 42 gears -- there are 62

I did, indeed, start with 42 gears, but, upon editing, was able to squeeze in an additional 20 (6-tooth, magenta) gears
 
42 large gears are identical (excepting color, of course)

• Yellow gears: 20 teeth, 12 count
• Cyan gears: 20 teeth, 30 count
• Magenta gears: 6 teeth, 20 count

Yellow gears aligned with icosahedron vertices • Cyan gears aligned with icosahedron-edge mid-points • Magenta gears (hard to see the color, down in between the teeth, I know) are centered on icosahedron faces

Polyhedral basis for gear positioning: Truncated triacontahedron faces

Large-gear rotation axes are aligned with the faces of a truncated triacontahedron, or looked at another way, with the vertices of a frequency 2v, class-I geodesic tessellation of the icosahedron

• Modeled in Google SketchUp
• 10 frames; rendered in Kerkythea
• Animated in Sothink SWF Quicker
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Mood: Amazed ~cf08 Apr 14, 2013  New member
Wow!!!! Love it!!! It's super cool!!! I didn't know it was possible...lol [link]
I would really like to make this into a sculpture! Is it possible if you could show me the calculations you did to make this?
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~TaffGoch Apr 14, 2013
So sorry,

I, myself, am producing a couple of kinetic gear sculptures; this one and the 92-gear version.

You should note that I was originally inspired by early geodesic-gear attempts by another artist, Paul Nylander (~bugman123) and he has continued to further develop more of the math than have I.

-Taff
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*bear48 Apr 6, 2012
very cool
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~Vidom Mar 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I could stare at it forever, it's almost hypnotizing in its complexity :D
Great job! :thumbsup:
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~TaffGoch Mar 17, 2012
Indeed, it is rather hypnotizing!

Kinda makes me wonder why we all have a predilection for shiny baubles!
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~Vidom Mar 18, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I wouldn't ever call it 'bauble' :D
It's more like 'Art'. You surely know how much kinetic art is expanding, this is a pretty original example :-)
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~Aellostriker2 Aug 15, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I was going to yell; HOW THE F--- DID YOU DO THAT ?!
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Mood: Bewildered ~TaffGoch Aug 17, 2011
From looking at your deviations, I'd have to say that I can't do what you do.

You have skills & experience that differs from mine.... :clap:
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~Aellostriker2 Aug 17, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
well...if you`re talking about loop animation; they are not as intricate or accurate & it`s still flat. I just make up w/ it using still pictures. but thanks for the nice comment :hug:
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~TaffGoch Aug 18, 2011
Nope...

I was referring to your character-drawing skills

About all I can manage is crude stick figures :D
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