Comments on: Asymmetric gear heart sculpture

By: Fitness Vancouver Boot Camp

Fitness Vancouver Boot Camp — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:31:30 +0000

Alright, i think that this is a good workout for cardio strength, i just need it proved

By: Cardiovascular Workouts

Cardiovascular Workouts — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:49 +0000

Thats an awesome sculpture. Nice post. Keep it up!

By: Dharashiwkar

Dharashiwkar — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:09:12 +0000

Its amazing to see this.Let me know whether these are symmetric or asymmetric gears. Asymmetric in the sense pressure angle on drive side and coast side are differernt.If so How these gears are manufactured ?

Thanks and waiting for reply.

Regards,

Dharashiwkar.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:43:19 +0000

I wish I could share these with my other sites.

By: jeicrash

jeicrash — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:39:20 +0000

Ok this is the guy that will bring us a working hell raiser cube. I await its arrival.

And very cool.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:37:17 +0000

@v.dog

(last post, I promise!)- You can’t buy it, but according to the Japanese on his site, he will have a book out for sale from December, and I think it may have how to make these in it! I guarantee it’s only in Japan, though.

According to his Japanese site, he originally wanted to cover a sphere with gears, and he did, but then he created this as a masterpiece- and it won a special prize at the World Karakuri Contest (karakuri is a Japanese term encompasing things like trick mechanism/complex mechanism/surprise movement)

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:09:45 +0000

http://cp.c-ij.com/ja/contents/2023/10201/index.html

That’s an earth puzzle made by the same guy, free download for anyone who wants to make one- just click on either of the 2 buttons below the pic. It gives you some insight on how he made the gears, I think, if you look at the pieces.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:42:12 +0000

I already posted this on YouTube, but to anyone interested in making one of these, maybe my translation will help? I loved this too much to just leave others in mystery. Sorry it’s a bit long..

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“これは歯車のハートです (This is a heart of gears). この作品は,これやこれのように,十五の歯ついた歯車が三つ(This object has 3 gears with 15 teeth, like this and this).これやこれやこれやこれのように十の歯がついた歯車が九つ (It has nine gears with 10 teeth, like this, this, this, and this). 合わせて十二個の歯車で較正されております(Altogether, it’s comprised of 12 gears).
これらの歯車は,全て,連合すとり,どれが一つを回すと,全ての歯車が回りようになっております(These gears, altogether & combined, revolve when any one gear
is turned). それでは,回しています(And so, it turns)…..[ 回転中(revolving)]…..元に戻りました(And it’s back to it’s original form). 十五の歯車が,二回転,十の歯車が, 三回転で,元に戻るようになっております(Upon the 15 tooth gears revolving twice, and the ten tooth gears revolving three times, it
all returns to it’s original form (the heart)). …..[ 回転中 (revolving)]…
..元に戻りました(..and it’s back to the original form). 以上です! (That’s all!)”
—–

My understanding is that there are indeed separate axles attached to the main vertical one, even though he did not state so. I’ll be reading his website to see if he gives any make information, but none yet.

-Drew

P.S.- I love the revitalized Hackaday! Keeps me thinking for projects up here in Sapporo.

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:07:34 +0000

simply amazing

but you can’t get it wet

By: Small Yapping Dog

Small Yapping Dog — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:29:20 +0000

Damn, that is neat!!! Some manufacuter should hire this guy to build the “hellraiser” puzzle boxes

By: mutant

mutant — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:20:15 +0000

actually… the gears ARE asymmetrical…. look at the heart before he starts turning it. There is a big gear on the right side, but a small gear on the left…. the opposing gears aren’t congruent.

All I have to say is:

OMG! That thing rocks! It was so cool I actually posted a myspace bulletin with the embedded video in it.

By: drum365

drum365 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:01:53 +0000

Reminds me of Arthur C. Clarke’s famous quotation, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But this is more like sorcery than magic!

@pip: does something require electricity to be a “hack”? “Hack: n, A clever or elegant technical accomplishment, especially one with a playful or prankish bent.” (Urban Dictionary)

By: pcairic

pcairic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:49:39 +0000

the gears are not assymetric, they are just conical gears, cut in a hear or cube shape.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:45:17 +0000

@neogenesis:

Thanks a lot for this great link. I usually have a limited understanding of art, but his works are absolutely grand.

Jan

By: barry99705

barry99705 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:15:19 +0000

needs a motor.