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It makes me think of homology, which is comforting.
posted by Wolfdog at 1:10 PM on December 11, 2015
posted by Wolfdog at 1:10 PM on December 11, 2015
The two-cog bowtie sprockets are the cutest.
posted by foobaz at 1:17 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by foobaz at 1:17 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is really pleasing.
On a side note, it looks like the shuffle logic blocks the event loop for too long. Seems like the repo is here if anyone wants to take a stab at breaking it up with
posted by invitapriore at 1:20 PM on December 11, 2015
On a side note, it looks like the shuffle logic blocks the event loop for too long. Seems like the repo is here if anyone wants to take a stab at breaking it up with
window.setImmediate or something.posted by invitapriore at 1:20 PM on December 11, 2015
Though depending on how things are organized it might require some non-trivial fuckery involving the creation of a virtual gear set while the old one is still being displayed. I'm pulling all of this out of my ass.
posted by invitapriore at 1:21 PM on December 11, 2015
posted by invitapriore at 1:21 PM on December 11, 2015
If Active Desktop hadn't been a terribly insecure idea that died with Windows XP, I'd set this page as my wallpaper.
It's very satisfying to trace the cause-and-effect of a single gear: it spins clockwise, so its neighbors must spin counterclockwise, so their neighbors must spin clockwise... I would like more color schemes, though.
posted by Rangi at 1:54 PM on December 11, 2015
It's very satisfying to trace the cause-and-effect of a single gear: it spins clockwise, so its neighbors must spin counterclockwise, so their neighbors must spin clockwise... I would like more color schemes, though.
posted by Rangi at 1:54 PM on December 11, 2015
Feature request (to no one in particular): allow parameters of gears to bet set in a URL parameters so that a particularly pleasing gear could be shared with people.
Feature request (to no one in particular): allow a save to feature to output pieces to a 3d printer.
posted by el io at 1:58 PM on December 11, 2015
Feature request (to no one in particular): allow a save to feature to output pieces to a 3d printer.
posted by el io at 1:58 PM on December 11, 2015
Metafilter: Non-trivial fuckery
posted by el io at 2:17 PM on December 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by el io at 2:17 PM on December 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
Those aren't involute gears... it would be nice to be able to specify the diametrical pitch (dp) and the pressure angle. 20 and 14.5 degrees are pretty standard
posted by MikeWarot at 4:52 PM on December 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by MikeWarot at 4:52 PM on December 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
It bothers me as an engineer who has designed gears that 1) they're not involute, and 2) the numbers on the sliders don't correspond to meaningful things. The addendum and dedendum should be the 1/pitch times the slider value, now they're just, numbers...
posted by TheJoven at 5:43 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by TheJoven at 5:43 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Feature request (to no one in particular): allow a save to feature to output pieces to a 3d printer.
- in Chrome, hit F12 (or right-click and Inspect Element) to bring up the debugger
- find the "SVG" element near the top (looks like <svg class>)
- right-click it, "Edit as HTML"
- select all, copy and paste that into a file with your favorite text editor, save as SVG
- load SVG into Inkscape or Illustrator or your favorite thing that supports SVG
- the rest left as an exercise for the reader
posted by neckro23 at 6:44 PM on December 11, 2015
- in Chrome, hit F12 (or right-click and Inspect Element) to bring up the debugger
- find the "SVG" element near the top (looks like <svg class>)
- right-click it, "Edit as HTML"
- select all, copy and paste that into a file with your favorite text editor, save as SVG
- load SVG into Inkscape or Illustrator or your favorite thing that supports SVG
- the rest left as an exercise for the reader
posted by neckro23 at 6:44 PM on December 11, 2015
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