TOOLS

Gearing Ratio Calculator

Check out the Beta version my Lego Technic Gearing Ratio Calculator Tool:

This tool allows you to upload your Lego Technic project .ldr file and analyse the gearing ratios between any two connected gears or axles. Currently supports most gears, axles, worm gears, some differentials, cv joints and universal joints. See the video tutorial on how to use it. It is a work in progress and I would love to hear your feedback on it. Click here to try it out.

Note: As of 25 Septemeber 2021 the tool supports CV joints, linear speed via the radius of the component and improves on the frame rate for higher numbers of parts in a model).

Technic Elbow Art

This is a tool to create "Lego Technic Elbow Art" - a series of intertwined elbow pieces as a single sequence. Choose your dimensions and search parameters and search for new dense solutions and set a record! 

Download your Elbow Art as an .ldr file and build it yourself. Click here to try it out!

Lego Technic MOC Do Nothing Machine - Shark Attack

10 Apr 2020

This video demonstrates a motorized Lego Technic "Do Nothing Machine" also known as a trammel of Archimedes in a funny way.

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Lego Technic MOC Trammel of Archimedes - "Do Nothing Machine"

15 Apr 2020

Here I demonstrate a "Do Nothing Machine" also knows as a Trammel of Archimedes built out of Lego Technic. Although it is known as a do nothing machine you can in fact use it to draw an ellipse! In the second half of the video the mathematics are shown to prove the elliptical shape that...read more