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The Counterintuitive Gear fidget

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X1 Carbon
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A2L

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill
Designer
2.5 h
1 plate
3.6(5)

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Description

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While playing with gear design again, I thought I could add a second row of planets (or are these moons?) to get some interesting behavior:

  • If you lock the ring in position and rotate the sun gear, the planets rotate in the other direction around the sun.
  • If you hold the sun gear steady and rotate the ring, the planets move in the same direction as the ring, but a bit faster than the ring.

Also try the little hand crank (or two) for a bit more fun →

Printing:

0.4mm nozzle, random seam placement, otherwise standard settings.
I also used archimedean chords top&bottom infill.

This is a print-in-place model, no assembly is needed, but a well-tuned printer.

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