Flip Gears
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Product Description
Flip Gears is a gearing transmission. It is a spin off of the Spherigear Transmission. One of the issues with Spherigear Transmission, is that there is a lot of play in the straight orientation, and a lot of force on small gears in that orientation. Flip Gears solve the issue by laterally shifting the swivel axis. Now, the teeth are strongly intertwined in the straight orientation. As with Spherigear Transmission, also Flip Gears is a solution looking for a problem.
A spherical version can be found in this 1990 patent. (Thanks for the reference, Miguel Macias)
Watch the YouTube video.
Read at the Shapeways Forum.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about dye), or contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.
A spherical version can be found in this 1990 patent. (Thanks for the reference, Miguel Macias)
Watch the YouTube video.
Read at the Shapeways Forum.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about dye), or contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.
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Mature audiences only.
