Galactic Gears

This CAD model was designed by Oskar van Deventer, copyright (c), 17 December 2023.

Galactic Gears is a gearing system with oddly-shaped gears. The little yellow gear is circling the little blue gear like a planetary gear. The big red gear was formed by "unrolling" the big yellow gear. The green and smaller red gear are shaped by the relative motion of the other gears. As usual, the puzzle here was the design challenge to make a gear system with these "galactic-gearing" properties. There are no known applications.

Here are some links about this design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-lauOjh_bA
https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/item/galactic-gears
https://www.shapeways.com/product/X2BKVMVNL/galactic-gears
https://i.materialise.com/forum/t/galactic-gears-by-oskar/3586
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/t/galactic-gears-by-oskar.102642/
https://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39280

Feel free to 3D-print an extra sample to give to a friend, as long as you mention the designer and don't charge money.

If you are planning to sell some samples, then please contact me for a license agreement. The royalty fee is 10% of your selling price.

Please do not upload the design to a commercial service, or redistribute the design in any way other than linking to the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-lauOjh_bA

Enjoy!

Oskar
2 March 2024

Contact: 
https://oskarvandeventer.nl/index_contact.php?subject=Print%20It%20Yourself


