Can Wind drive 13 strange Lego Gears?

Different unconventional gear types that Lego does not make, all integrated into a Lego display machine that rotates the gears and itself. The machine is wind-powered, utilising a vertical wind turbine. The shifter turns the machine 1/12 of a revolution at a time, while only displaying one gear at a time to reduce friction.
All the gears have been 3D printed using an FDM printer and Silk PLA. I designed some gears myself and also redesigned others to fit perfectly within Lego dimensions."
Chapters:
00:00 Planetary Gear
00:19 Helical Gear
00:34 Geneva Drive
00:48 Oval Gear
01:01 Paradoxical Gear
01:21 Herringbone Gear
01:35 Directional Changing Gear
01:52 Hypoid Gear
02:05 Cycloidal Gear
02:21 Nautilus Gear
02:44 Harmonic Drive
03:06 Shift Drum
03:19 Non-Circular Gear
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Where I get my Lego parts from: www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page
3D Printer used to make these gears: store.creality.com/products/e...
3D Design Software: link.shapr3d.com/cad-5589a6
Sources for the redesigned gears:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:309...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:172...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:540...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:197...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:490...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:134...
Music: Berlin at Night - Dan Henig
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[@guardian1102]

Looks like someone had lots of fun with his 3D printer. Cool stuff.

[@AnukalpRaj-js9ej]

Yay they are 3D printed

[@The-Reality-Agent1]

Not all of them

[@filgiupo4853]

time to search for stl’s

[@AwesomeDomi1]

Those paradoxical gears are actually so awesome, I’d love to see a closer look at how they work

[@quakxy_dukx]

I was thoroughly baffled when I saw them

[@Somerandomguyinthecomments]

Yeah, those were weird

[@gifzilla1818]

Yes what in the world are their applications!

[@storymode9085]

so trippy

[@troybateson]

Looks like supercharger impellers

[@Ze_Techno]

Gotta love the advanced air ventilation system

[@henke37]

I wonder what part number it has.

[@drworm5007]

It blows my mind.

[@1403gavin]

@@henke37 104378

[@Luigi_the_brother]

I don't think think anyone could fathom how it could work

[@Ze_Techno]

@@henke37 probably 69420

[@aashes7486]

Would love to see more of these custom 3D printed lego parts. They seem very mechanically versatile

[@alexela_]

I love the usage of 3D printed parts! It's another level of creativity! Edit: If only Lego made a website where you can suggest parts to be produced.

[@justin6581]

Maybe if a part is popular enough, the community can do a vote on particularly popular ones.

[@yetanother9127]

Thank you for including the proper names. I've been trying to figure out what hypoid gears are called for ages now--I'd only ever heard that mechanism referred to as the "low-center drive".

[@paradiselost9946]

early trucks used differentials with worm gear primary drives rather than hypoids. bought the tailshaft a bit TOO low... hence why some of the old trucks use chain drive from diff to axle. in a car, they let the engine sit a bit lower in the chassis, doesnt have such a large tailshaft hump, etc... before differentials, about the only place they popped up was in overhead lineshafting, letting a shaft continue past a drive gear as the axles arent on the same plane. and a lot quieter than bevels, with better tooth loading... but lots of sliding friction. sigh.

[@44R0Ndin]

Harmonic drive gears are interesting because they are incredibly compact while also having an incredibly high reduction ratio and none of the sliding contact or axis change that you get with a worm gear drive. Because of this, they have a lot of applications in robotics, like driving the elbow or knee joints on a bipedal or quadrupedal robot like Boston Dynamics makes. The alternative in those cases would be hydraulics, which comes with plenty of its own problems (mostly about how to keep the fluid IN the system, and not "dripping on the floor").

[@PunakiviAddikti]

A similar mechanism called a cycloidal drive offers some advantages. It can be backdriven to offer impact absorption in joints, very important for quadrupedal robots. It can take more torque before failing and doesn't use gears so has very little backlash.

[@MawDaws]

how long will it be before you build an entire wind farm out of lego?

[@jvoric]

What’s legos?

[@ICanSmellYourFear69]

@@jvoric🤦‍♂️

[@jvoric]

@@ICanSmellYourFear69 🙄

[@hedgemonkey6]

Lego

[@just_master9034]

4 days max

[@elanjacobs1]

Just a technical note...your helical gears are a special case called screw gears or crossed helicals and are more closely related to worm gears in their operation than traditional helical gears.

[@LEGOCOOKING]

Everything you make is just amazing❤

[@oscarwilliams9939]

omg hello

[@RailsofForney]

eye

[@OutrunRewind]

"advanced air ventilation system" has no business being as funny as it is

[@g0bo_4typ1c3]

1:20 the origin of Citroen Logo 😏

[@YablokoG]

1:25 these are actually the gears that Citroen's founder initially invested in, and made a lot of money with them, cause they're much quiter when used in industrial machinery. And the logo of the car company represents these gears

[@smilerbob]

There is something hypnotic about watching pardoxical gears rotating from the side angle…In could relax to that all day everyday Edit: I have just seen the cycloidal gear 👍

[@iloAugsburg]

They make my head hurt to be honest

[@professorpikaeeveerockruff6868]

It looks like a worm I lobe the way it moves 2:17

[@dylanbyrd_yt9071]

i want this guy to build a BIG Lego engine it would be awesome

[@nbaumg]

now that Brick Tech has incorporated 3d printing hes going to be unstoppable

[@RailsofForney]

I’d agree no more. Because I already agree.

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

I love the “Advanced air ventilation system,” lol.

[@liliowen2132]

I'd say the Cycloidal Gear is my favourite one, because of the grey wavy bit at the top. So satisfying. Also the Hypoid Gear looks like my bath/sink plugs (just not the kitchen one, that looks different)

[@jregras]

Great piece of work here! The custom gears all look fantastic, love the indexing setup

[@mylittleparody2277]

Awesome! Thank you! And it comes with the 3D files, even better!

[@Zaque-TV]

This channel teaches me engineering above all else, which is really cool.

[@_Rajarshi_Ghosh_]

Another Comment, but did anyone notice the Paradoxical Gears has the same sense of rotation for both the gears! That is they both rotate clockwise, while most pairs don't!

[@grahamking9121]

Very good! This is what I came looking for - the type of clever mechanical design I love to see. Lego is so versatile!

[@shimyns]

This is amazing. I was honestly hoping to see them all turn at once.

[@koro7073]

these are super cool, i’d love to see a situation where these are more practical than normal gears

[@vaclav222]

same i want data of thier effeciency 🦾🦿⚙️

[@TylerTMG]

plantery is on big off-road trucks my dad works on them

[@TylerTMG]

they can't go on the road because when there loaded with coal they weigh to much lol

[@Term-0]

Planetary Gearing is incredible durable and compact and is used in garage lift motors, Combat robots, pencil sharpeners, etc. Edit: I have more information. Harmonic gears are used in high precision applications, such as 3d printers. Hypoid gears are used in car transmissions. Herringbone gears are quieter than normal spur gears and have smoother operation.

[@kevinp.h8655]

This feels like 13 legendary heroes gandering around for a important occasion

[@KenjiLaurvick]

I need to see a video where you chain as many nautilus gears as possible

[@roman5932]

You're an awesome creator, your fantasy plus engineering skills make my dream ideas real. Thanks a lot

[@R0Sch88]

Never knew some of these gear combinations existed until your video. LEGO should make more than just spur, bevel and worm gears.

[@Colorfullll]

I love the Cyclodial drive, good work

[@squili]

that cycloidal gear looks so funny from the side! it's like a little worm dancing causes the gear to spin

[@MicronOnline]

going to be Honest, it took me until 0:35 to realise these were Custom lego pieces

[@shivam_sadh]

In the beginning it looked like a 3d render. The direction of the video is amazing!

[@Loxleynixon]

I love this! Thank you for making this video 😍

[@_BangDroid_]

Sometimes reinventing the wheel is not only justified, it's also really cool!

[@jayjarrett732]

Nothing short of amazing.

[@BulkedAmbulance]

Imagine those gearboxes in a car's drivetrain.

[@5_birds]

Cycloidal gear had a sick beat

[@flixowicheese]

with a million of you bro, keep up the good work

[@Voulltapher]

Did not see that manic beat + montage coming at the end, great video!

[@gdunknown2559]

i was in aww by all the types of gear systems, never heard or seen any of these

[@elitefaq914]

Some of these are really trippy

[@Pumble27]

I know that lego constructions are super expensive, take this little help to put an smile in my face with your videos

[@VSteam81]

the shift drum really peaked my interest. would love to see it in a transmission of some sort

[@MohdSaif-xc5ru]

I can watch those paradoxical gears for hours without getting bored

[@chrisjuh14]

Top notch video and music editing. What a delight to watch!

[@Roboseal2]

The on beat part at 4:07 was pretty cool.

[@HECKproductions]

creates super advanced lego gears powers it with a plastic tray

[@VoidvexVR]

Those paradox gears look like a ships propeller. I like that 🙂

[@neomateo944]

That was thoroughly engaging... Awesome!

[@thatsmyrc]

The true mystery is the measurement of the meshing of each gear drive system 😉 awesome display 👍🏼

[@user-km3kv8nj3x]

Nice one, thank you for the video

[@mzrsespiritguard469]

Dude, "13 Mysterious Gears in a Wind Powered Machine" goes hard as the title of an indie movie or something.

[@HaphazardDisastard]

I kind of want this. These gears are beautiful!

[@parazels83]

0:20 I wish we had the helical gears in Lego.

[@hybrid.roodragon1226]

This is a museum piece ❤

[@fastbricksrc6084]

Very cool. Still thinking about a Hypoid Diff for my fast car to get the weight a little lower. But difficult to have selfmade gears that can take the power

[@Wourghk]

Blown away by that Advanced Air Ventilation System.

[@ProcyonAmz]

Look like some sick engineering showcase lol

[@SimplyTakuma]

Interesting story about Herringbone Gears, i think the car manufacturer Citroën had their trademark from a part of the Herringbone Gear, because they made gearboxes for industrial sizes and ships, befor they went to production of cars.

[@junior1138]

I’m not sure if this build is to showcase different gear types or a Rube Goldberg useless machine and frankly, IDGF as it’s absolutely awesome.

[@Kilo-Whiskey]

I have so many ideas to use these cool gears. Amazing.💪

[@farquhaad3209]

The compilation is so cool!

[@LocalPossumEater]

this video makes gears fun

[@spootymaniacs]

this looks like such a cool art piece I love it

[@mdmed1a]

Would love to see you build a working wind turbine powered by real natural wind.

[@user-vq9ed3dx3y]

I love that you use 3d printing to make pieces of Lego that you need but don’t exist 😊❤ also it’s a genius idea 🎉

[@P13Rat]

These creations make me wanna lego again Also happy 1 Million! 🎉

[@kennyg2987]

I love that music!!!

[@_Rajarshi_Ghosh_]

At the heart of the machine it's still the old and trusty: Cog/Spur Gear! 😌

[@kungfupandaluver6919]

This thing is beautiful

[@jamesmckenzie4572]

Fascinating.

[@erinkarp]

These are so cool!!!

[@Argos713]

I have learned the ALL-NEW divine knowledge of 13 Mysterious Gears in a Wind-powered Lego Machine.

[@TroySmith-wx2mq]

that was one of the most satisfying videos i have ever seen

[@dhruvsanghavi7157]

Congrats on a million subs. Ngl, you might have had the quickest million journey of all my other subscribed channels. Love your videos and hope you reach great heights.

[@tymenryk]

This is beautiful!

[@jillmcinerney5720]

The herringbone gears look good for a grinder/shredder

[@user-rj2qq9tt3n]

Nice! Those ”herring bone” gears is the origin of the Citroën symbol. They experimented, but couldn’t manufacture them cost efficient.

[@ranaoblivious2122]

The advance air ventilation system is amazing.

[@REVERSEbananaYT]

3:37 yes how advance

[@leol3545]

love the Advanced Ventilation System

[@noelradhakrishnan4423]

2:10 yo that's a dope beat

[@eonbree8593]

that is so incredibly cool

[@MattTester]

Reminds me of the Scrapheap Challenge clock, should they bring the show back a scaled up version of this would be perfect.

[@GroupNebula563]

my brain now officially hurts and he hasn’t even demonstrated gear 11 yet

[@Kjerem]

I wont be shocked when he someday builds an Portal out of leg which leads us to another universe

[@D_asin_Z]

We need to see a before and after of your arms after all that fanning. Btw those 3d printed pieces are so cool

[@GilliamFlebus]

That is so cool

[@Panda-rb7fl]

Amazing!

[@brianmcmahon4189]

Cool!

[@BrickTechnology]

Thanks

[@kavamaken_42]

Brilliant!

[@GoldenMysticat._]

So impressive!!!!

[@Watermeloncat575]

Cyclodial is tripy these are perfect 3d prints tho

[@callsigncarrot8742]

Reminds me of SSX Tricky "Select your rider!"

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

The Cycloidal Drive actually looks like a worm traveling on small hills. But in another way.

[@timehunter9467]

Hypoid gears are the best, quiet and allows for a lower drive shaft in cars.

[@rottenroads1982]

Whoever this man is, Give him a Job at the Lego Company. He can design some very cool new Gears for new Sets.

[@lederkneter756]

1:01 I had to watch it multiple times to understand what's going on