The Amazing Gyroscopic Cube Gears!

Update - I have re-printed and assembled this and in the process made several changes to make this much easier to print and assemble. With the changes that I made, I only had a couple spots where I had very minor edge cleanup because of the first layer being squeezed for adhesion. I have removed the need for sanding and other finish work that was previously needed. (I do however still recommend lubrication). I also wrote a full set of assembly instructions with pictures detailing my process for assembly. I hope that this helps those who build this and I thank those who made it through the assembly with my previous version. End of Update-- Come one come all and witness the thrills of the Ama... This hosted file keeps creator credit and license details.

Print details

  • Difficulty

    beginner

  • Materials

    PLA suggested; confirm scale and supports in your slicer before printing.

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  • Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_center.stl

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  • Large_ring_v2.stl

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  • Left_upright.stl

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  • Medium_gear.stl

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  • Print_3_Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_small_corner_v2.stl

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  • Right_upright.stl

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  • Small_gear.stl

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  • Small_ring_v2.stl

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  • bottom_brace.stl

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  • crank_handle.stl

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  • crank_handle_loose.stl

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  • crank_nut.stl

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  • crank_pin.stl

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  • crank_pin_smaller.stl

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  • cube_pin_v2.stl

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  • drive_cube_corner.stl

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  • drive_gear.stl

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  • large_gear.stl

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  • pin_8x20_drive_gear_to_large_ring_v2.stl

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  • pin_8x22_gear_to_small_ring_v2.stl

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  • print_3_Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_large_corner.stl

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  • print_3_pin_8x13_gears_and_large_ring_pivot_v2.stl

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  • print_7_Emmetts_cubegears_pin.stl

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  • small_corner_point_v2.stl

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File metadata

  • Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_center.stl

    SHA-256: 57b3b7b11825ffa1594081097e5c475a5b79f08a8e78e7ddd9aae6a42fefea77

  • Large_ring_v2.stl

    SHA-256: 5b0c436422cc5335e5c8b4b5922ca6521b91506fc066adac471abc33fd44bc7b

  • Left_upright.stl

    SHA-256: 5c195812c419f1dab5f344b3bda4f9969a082112f9fbaf6181eda07148fe8286

  • Medium_gear.stl

    SHA-256: 1c5e9a616974fd98eea9e7a1b06d9b67df2f024813ca92ab5d3f1da58bc949f1

  • Print_3_Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_small_corner_v2.stl

    SHA-256: ce6d8ab26d089d9894f83efdcad07d7261a025393934cb37ddba3b972a04aa41

  • Right_upright.stl

    SHA-256: 1f2aa6b49d9b7147091cb496b5f0e1f22d714cac920b3f4ae4fadcc07b665f01

  • Small_gear.stl

    SHA-256: 6d97766a6f2995bab990f3b46c1803e1d98a81a18085db18cec6585e0eceafbc

  • Small_ring_v2.stl

    SHA-256: bd8cbd6a2765117e9894aa0ab3941cbaf1f2373379c3fb6646099466bb01c4db

  • bottom_brace.stl

    SHA-256: fe490054b8da29056bb7ae6e7dd0d8ab9ab440ece1da37a60752c1b2e7e4b431

  • crank_handle.stl

    SHA-256: 03154a10e5a26fa14bd21a074cfc6990612d3f364463fa57712f7deb0b1edf9c

  • crank_handle_loose.stl

    SHA-256: a0638e26d77042fa1f7c809ef84580e67bcf84646a54dca5846332c493ffb75d

  • crank_nut.stl

    SHA-256: bb777c5df64c3f684286d342182302d9cd003c503a5226c27ee19a1fe1e71c53

  • crank_pin.stl

    SHA-256: 9b9f214c377a8befdd3fec22e17167d04e98f1653a8826bdea0ac1dcc4527107

  • crank_pin_smaller.stl

    SHA-256: aaa9f94038eefc006729cfb416b542d495167451a2ac5b8eeb1804a3da88a322

  • cube_pin_v2.stl

    SHA-256: ef18b5d407bc62f6c0b789f341e006b30eb01468ca7f4da4e75b9456b646bbe1

  • drive_cube_corner.stl

    SHA-256: a7671d5012fef4523e042910b25e99b5ac28b6a604024256c311728438fbda0c

  • drive_gear.stl

    SHA-256: 1335a1caac4bc66fa7641a28a81743563ed38a2affa7955751e9fc4733da765d

  • large_gear.stl

    SHA-256: 3e92c6494610fea8e79d3b39dcc39e4720c8e117f8487478f2c4ced1daf48411

  • pin_8x20_drive_gear_to_large_ring_v2.stl

    SHA-256: d35188268ea1cdf16b3c8466cc583dc73872c79e0d2ea47fb12835d951d2af2a

  • pin_8x22_gear_to_small_ring_v2.stl

    SHA-256: 88e53b8d5449d018a0a26715fe96581ea64ac3f0bccede459e43fbb028aa9b5c

  • print_3_Emmetts_cubegears_5_6_large_corner.stl

    SHA-256: a9251b038971931be9fdd4b23339f5734e12fb8cf149b390ce62fdb264f7f2c8

  • print_3_pin_8x13_gears_and_large_ring_pivot_v2.stl

    SHA-256: 7bbd6cd6b5dc13131af95e917eeb62e64012b9176578b3509babe4618e42d7c5

  • print_7_Emmetts_cubegears_pin.stl

    SHA-256: ed57b90a09a74eee529f6b4b41bc3263e45e3019b470eb3c60c0e14a65d8f88c

  • small_corner_point_v2.stl

    SHA-256: 137d0f7bf41fbe0de5c1454963b36cc0a70ac9b570f03b1e774976d564907f3c

Attribution

The Amazing Gyroscopic Cube Gears! by joefe (the original source). License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Source: the original source