What does it do?
The Small Drops gear set explores two variation of a new shape: the drop gear. One of the shapes is like a rain drop or an egg and the other shape looks like a squashed circle, perhaps a bit like if it a ball of clay was dropped on the floor. Of the drop gears the two shapes are 'drop' and 'dropped', or more clearly 'egg' and 'squashed'.
These shapes are a new type of non-circular gear which has less symmetry than other non-circular gears and as a result makes interestingly lopsided shapes; see pictures lower in the page for examples.
These shapes are a new type of non-circular gear which has less symmetry than other non-circular gears and as a result makes interestingly lopsided shapes; see pictures lower in the page for examples.
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The egg gears in this set are: 72, 60, 56, 54, 48, 40, 32, 25, 20
The squashed gear in this set are: 72, 36, 32
The gear set frame is 20 cm x 20 cm (~7.75 inches x 7.75 inches).
The squashed gear in this set are: 72, 36, 32
The gear set frame is 20 cm x 20 cm (~7.75 inches x 7.75 inches).
Other details:
In the picture below you can see two gears that have portions that are blue, pink, and green. The blue is 180 degrees of one size circle, the green segment(s) are 60 degrees of a larger size circle, and the pink segment(s) are 60 degrees of a smaller size circle. For example in that picture the egg is a 32 tooth gear, the blue segment is made from part of a 30 tooth gear, the green is made from parts of a 42 tooth gear, and the pink at the top is part of an 18 tooth gear.
These gears have pen holes aligned with each of the blue, green, and pink segments. Each set of pen holes give different types of shapes.
These gears have pen holes aligned with each of the blue, green, and pink segments. Each set of pen holes give different types of shapes.
Here is an example of a unique design that can be made using the 72 drop gear. The design used a 360 ring, in that a 280/144 gear, and the 72 in the 144 cutout. The 360 and 280/144 are both from the Enormous gear set.
The Small Drops gear set is all non-circular gears. These need larger circular rings to roll in as they need a ring larger than the largest component used to make them. For more details you can
I'd recommend pairing this gear set with the Full Page gear set, the Hoops gear set, or the Enormous Hoops gear set. But there are many gear sets that have big enough rings to accommodate all the drop gears. Just be sure that you have at least one ring a bit larger than 156.
I'd recommend pairing this gear set with the Full Page gear set, the Hoops gear set, or the Enormous Hoops gear set. But there are many gear sets that have big enough rings to accommodate all the drop gears. Just be sure that you have at least one ring a bit larger than 156.