How to correctly make the mating gear for a worm drive out of wood.

Wooden gears and sprockets have been in use for millennia. While the actual history of early gears is rather unclear, they were first written about by the Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria in 50 AD. But there is evidence that they were used by the Greeks in the third century BC, having been invented by ... Read more

How to Make Simple Gears Easily: One of the most difficult and yet common mechanical systems is a gear train. A great way to transmit mechanical power from one place to another or to increase or decrease power (torque) or increase or decrease the speed of something. The problems …

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Making wooden gears out of plywood

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How The Time Is Read On This Clock This clock is a little different from most. It only has one hand which is the hour hand. This hand is stationary and stays at the 12 o’clock position while the clock dial turns. The clock dial is actually a gear with

Wooden Gear DIY Drum Machine: Build your own mechanical drum machine with interchangeable parts :) How to play: Swap gears or add/remove a peg to change the tempo, reposition the piezo triggers to change the sound/rhythm I used an external sound module (Roland TD3) in this proj…

Laser cut right angle gear mechanism. The axels are made from wooden dowels.