Monday, April 02, 2007

spinning wheels

remember this?

Spirograph Box

i just rediscovered the joy of spinning wheels and loop de loops, a.k.a. hypotrochoids and epitrochoids for you math heads out there. here is my first attempt:

Spirographs

next up: i have to get my hands on a set of fashion plates, one of my favorite toys as a kid.


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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/02/2007 12:50 PM

    We had both of those growing up. I personally preferred the fashion plate toy. Apparently you can still find it on EBay.

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  2. annie-san4/02/2007 8:40 PM

    you gotta love ebay... thanks for the tip!

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  3. Anonymous4/03/2007 8:55 AM

    You'll never run out of ink with this one... enjoy!
    http://wordsmith.org/~anu/java/spirograph.html

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  4. Anonymous4/03/2007 9:04 AM

    oh... that's FUN! thanks, z.

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  5. Ashbloem4/04/2007 11:41 PM

    I loooooooved spirographs. Now I want one again. :(

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