Square gears. Oval gears. Friggin’ goldfish and squid gears. My brain says none of these should work, but my eyes beg to differ. It feels like I’m breaking the rules.
Every time Clayton Boyer whips out another one of these, I’m confident that it’s going to fail. And yet! Here’s to living in a state of constant surprise and wonder. Now I just need a seashell gear-powered watch and I’ll be set. [YouTube via Reddit]
Cootified
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 9:00 AMI think you both missed the point in the invention of gears…
Tom Reynolds
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 10:10 AMSomeone show this to the ICP. They will explode.
Steve
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 12:03 PMFuckin Gears. How do they work?
jacob
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 11:56 AMThe sqaure gears are not a good idea in practice, If a small amount of mis timing and boom BIG problem.
But extremely clever
LGB
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 1:40 PMVery Clever
Dave
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 4:13 PMThe “goldfish” shaped gears are in fact similar to how the second hand ticks in any standard analogue clock. A period of inactivity, followed by a burst of movement controlled by a constantly turning gear. They’ve been around for a long long time.
Matthew
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 11:31 PMI’m inclined to say that ‘burst’ of movement would be a bit rough, for clockwork. A Geneva Wheel would be a much smoother option (seriously, check it out).