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    Fibonnacci spiral gears - GIF

    Nautilus-shaped Fibonacci spiral gears.




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    baja (Feb 5, 2020), carloski (Jul 9, 2022), Duke_of_URL (Feb 4, 2020), EnginePaul (Feb 9, 2020), hegefer (Feb 18, 2020), homey_g (May 9, 2021), mklotz (Feb 4, 2020), mr herb (Feb 9, 2020), mwmkravchenko (Feb 4, 2020), neilbourjaily (Feb 4, 2020), rdarrylb (Feb 4, 2020), verticalmurph (Feb 4, 2020)

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    That is really cool... now to figure out an application for that mechanism so I can build one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duke_of_URL View Post
    That is really cool... now to figure out an application for that mechanism so I can build one!
    Just to be that cool seems like an adequate application to merit a build.

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    There seems to be a slight delay when the top leading edge comes down. It would be fun to make one.

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    Be great to drive that with a differential so the meshing speed stays the same while each gear speeds and slows.



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