{"product_id":"the-counterintuitive-gear-fidget-mkii","title":"The Counterintuitive Gear fidget MkII","description":"\u003cp\u003eBigger! More planets! Faster planets! Even more counterintuitive!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou probably have played with some planetary gears, they are cool stuff, especially those print-in-place herringbone ones. This “Counterintuitive Gear” model however has a double row of planets, which lead to some counterintuitive behavior:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"table\"\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224)\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224)\"\u003enormal planetary gears\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224)\"\u003ecounterintuitive gears\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhen you hold the ring and turn the sun gear,\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ethe planets move in the same direction.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ethe planets move in the \u003cstrong\u003eother direction\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhen you hold the sun still and turn the ring, \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ethe planets move in the same direction, but slower than the ring.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe planets move in the same direction, but \u003cstrong\u003efaster\u003c\/strong\u003e than the ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cstrong\u003eMkII\u003c\/strong\u003e's bigger sun gear the planets move \u003cstrong\u003eeven faster,\u003c\/strong\u003e nearly 2 rotations for one ring rotation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hex holes should fit regular hexagonal pencils or the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/505201\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehand crank\u003c\/a\u003e (I suggest using more than one).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe MkI (with smaller sun) can be found \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/501401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign by DrJones on MakerWorld (license: BY-SA).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mymadmanlab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67383207854384,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/0809\/5280\/files\/0_61fc2084-2271-4ec6-833c-f977b6934818.png?v=1784492282","url":"https:\/\/mymadmanlab.com\/products\/the-counterintuitive-gear-fidget-mkii","provider":"Mymadmanlab.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}