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IT News<p>3D Printed Spirograph Makes Art Out of Walnut - Who else remembers Spirograph? When making elaborate spiral doodles, did you ever ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/3d-printed-spirograph-makes-art-out-of-walnut/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/02/3d-pri</span><span class="invisible">nted-spirograph-makes-art-out-of-walnut/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/woodworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woodworking</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirograph</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>router</span></a></p>
myrmepropagandist<p>Used the laser cutter to make a holder for my class set of spirographs — for the lessons I like to do my students need to know how many teeth the gears have. They write a program that produces the same curve using turtle. (with older students we do the trig, which I just call “magic circle functions” for the grade fives)</p><p>This will make it all go much smoother! <br>This is 8 sets packed into one box! <br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathEducation</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirograph</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>k12</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/hypotrochoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypotrochoid</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a></p>
Cattivo Strega ✅bonafide🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@futurebird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>futurebird</span></a></span> </p><p>Ohhh I miss having a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirograph</span></a>. Yes, I can make them using apps. NOT. THE. SAME.</p><p>Such a great teaching tool.👏👏👏</p>
IT News<p>Taking a Spirograph Mill for a Spin - Spirographs can make some pretty groovy designs on paper, but what if you want to ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking</span><span class="invisible">-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/classichacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classichacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirograph</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toyhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toyhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gears</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mill</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genart.social/@generiyaki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>generiyaki</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@knodel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>knodel</span></a></span> Remarkably, these piecies of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtCode</span></a> always remind me of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirograph</span></a> drawings I did as a kid. But they are missing the elements of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarmonicMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarmonicMotion</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircularMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularMotion</span></a> one learns from using the kids toy. Which I later applied to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Algebra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algebra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geometry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trigonometry</span></a> Calculus and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Topology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Topology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtAndMusicGiveMeHope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAndMusicGiveMeHope</span></a></p>
Jo Rhodes<p>Left my (new to me) vintage <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirograph</span></a> in the office. I'm not working this week but a colleague was in earlier running our <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CommunityFridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityFridge</span></a> which was pretty quiet as weather is grim... She just sent me this 😁</p>
Jo Rhodes<p>Had a lovely morning pottering round charity shops with an old friend.. got some fab bits and pieces for festive gifts but this was by far my favourite purchase. I never had one in the 1970s very tempted to keep this for us! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VintageToys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageToys</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirograph</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨<p>✏️ <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/spirograph-inventor-1977-denys-fisher-video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/s</span><span class="invisible">pirograph-inventor-1977-denys-fisher-video</span></a></p><p>In 1960, self-taught <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DenysFisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DenysFisher</span></a> studied the design of a one-pound note. 💷 “He thought its intricate patterns were made by a simple gearing mechanism,” explains the narrator of this 1977 clip from the British <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> series Tomorrow’s World. “There and then, he decided to make a pattern drawing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/toy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toy</span></a> based on that principle.” That toy was the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirograph</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/play" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>play</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/patterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patterns</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inventor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inventor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inventions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/symmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symmetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mechanics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Op Amp Contest: Generate Spirograph Shapes Using Only Op Amps and Math - If you’re a child of the ’80s or ’90s, chances are you’ve spent hours tracing out ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/06/05/op-amp-contest-generate-spirograph-shapes-using-only-op-amps-and-math/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/06/05/op-amp</span><span class="invisible">-contest-generate-spirograph-shapes-using-only-op-amps-and-math/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hypotrochoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypotrochoid</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/epitrochoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epitrochoid</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirograph</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toyhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toyhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mcp6004" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcp6004</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opamps</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>