Beautiful Mechanism: Tranforming Gear Heart

Wow–this mechanism is so lovely. It starts as a heart, and has to go through multiple cycles of transformations before it becomes one again. Transforming Heart

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Wow! That was something else! It’s probably a metaphor for something…

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It certainly feels like metaphorical.__

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I 3D Printed one of these once…

Video evidence of the statement above :-p

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Beautiful. I love the color!

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My daughter wants one immediately. Great find! How does he get the core to stay stationary while the top and bottom rotate?

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You can find the 3D printer part files here:

and it looks like there is a link to get one commercially printed if you don’t have a 3D printer.

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I worked with Haruki on distributing this project, I was never able to convert the files for laser cutting though. :frowning:
Then the 3D printer guys adopted it, I think he still feels a bit left out to this day.
Martin

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