putty Archives - SpiroGraphicArt https://spirographicart.com/tag/putty/ Tips, reviews, how-to information about Spirograph and similar drawing tools Tue, 16 May 2017 15:06:55 +0000 en hourly 1 https://spirographicart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-site-logo-32x32.png putty Archives - SpiroGraphicArt https://spirographicart.com/tag/putty/ 32 32 121898542 Spirograph Tips Video from Wayne Schmidt https://spirographicart.com/2017/05/16/1997/ https://spirographicart.com/2017/05/16/1997/#comments Tue, 16 May 2017 15:06:55 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=1997 If you’ve been frustrated with Spirograph gears skipping out of alignment, spoiling your designs, or even if you’re an experienced spirographer, Wayne Schmidt has a video for you. He applies his logical, problem solving mind to common pitfalls people run into, Continue reading →

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If you’ve been frustrated with Spirograph gears skipping out of alignment, spoiling your designs, or even if you’re an experienced spirographer, Wayne Schmidt has a video for you.

He applies his logical, problem solving mind to common pitfalls people run into, and comes up with creative solutions: where to keep your eyes, adding extra rings, using rare earth magnets rather than pins or putty, marking up your gears, and even cleaning up your mistakes!

A must-watch even for serious spirograph artists!

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Introducing Wild Gears https://spirographicart.com/2014/07/03/introducing-wild-gears/ https://spirographicart.com/2014/07/03/introducing-wild-gears/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:27:16 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=356 This photo sequence will show you some of my first experiences with Wild Gears. It’s Spirograph on steroids! Click on any picture to enlarge. Note that I’m using tiny bits of Spiro Putty, or poster putty” (affiliate link goes to an Continue reading →

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This photo sequence will show you some of my first experiences with Wild Gears. It’s Spirograph on steroids! Click on any picture to enlarge.

Note that I’m using tiny bits of Spiro Putty, or poster putty” (affiliate link goes to an example on Amazon, but it’s also available in office and art supply stores) to hold things down. Aaron in his videos uses weights. Whatever works.

Aaron Bleackley’s Wild Gears Kickstarter campaign includes a video, and will give you a good overview of the project.

Shop Wild Gears here

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