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Illegal Gear Triangle 3d printed

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Illegal Gear Triangle 3d printed

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Illegal Gear Triangle 3d printed

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Illegal Gear Triangle 3d printed

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Illegal Gear Triangle

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Illegal Gear Triangle features three gears meshing in a triangle. As most people know, gears are not supposed to be put in a triangle, as they would then lock up. The issue was discussed by Numberphile, showing some Henry Segerman three-gear example that do turn together, albeit not in a plane. The gears feature in the Illegal Gear Triangle are herringbone gears with threefold rotation symmetry. All three gears turn in the same clockwise direction, gear A driving gear B, B driving C, and C driving again A.

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Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself gear kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about screws and stickers), or contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this contraption.

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Illegal Gear Triangle
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6.13 x 6.27 x 4 cm
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