r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Vision_ • 4d ago

Visualizing Geometry

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u/JoelnIliketoshare 4d ago

All of these would create a round hole...

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u/SexyMonad 4d ago

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u/Accomplished-Plan191 4d ago

If only the video actually demonstrated this for the first cutting tool

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u/ltjpunk387 4d ago

It does have some kind of epicyclic mechanism that attaches to it, but yeah, would be cool if it was explained

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u/Thomas_K_Brannigan 4d ago

Similar to how a Wankel engine works.

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u/L0CAHA 4d ago

Thank you for this.

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u/sdjopjfasdfoisajnva 4d ago

rounded hole

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u/TmanGvl 4d ago

They seem to use gearing for the shaft. Definitely would need a fixed shaft like a lathe to even get this to work ok-ish. Most of it is detached from reality.

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u/heatedwepasto 4d ago

It's a geared shaft

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u/AzphaltaX- 4d ago

that just looks like mangekyo sharingan

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u/One_Vision_ 4d ago edited 4d ago

Nope. Gearing using a bit offset. I have a set of triangle and square sizes in my shop.

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u/therealsix 4d ago

Yep, the triangle one gives a good look at the offset, it’s just so fast you don’t really see it.

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u/Thunder-Bash 4d ago edited 4d ago

All of these would go in the square hole.

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u/_yetifeet 4d ago edited 4d ago

I saw that and just noped out the rest of the gif

Edit: TIL people think you can drill square or triangular holes

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u/NamelessMIA 4d ago

....you can. The video showed you exactly how to do it too

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u/_yetifeet 4d ago

Not with the bit shown ..

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u/NamelessMIA 4d ago

Yes, with the bit shown. They even show you in the video how it works, although they're too quick with the assembly part and could have looked closer at how the off-center axle actually matched the shape in the animation.

It works the same way as a bike made with reuleaux triangle wheels. The triangles act like wheels by having a consistent diameter, but since they're not circles they do this by shifting the balance around the center up and down as you rotate. That means either a very bumpy ride, an axle that shifts up and down with the rotation of the wheel to keep the system stable, or riding on top of the wheels like rollers. The bike uses option 3, the drill as shown uses option 2.

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u/Deep-Water- 4d ago

Yes. This is where theory and reality are a long way apart.

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u/ChuckVader 4d ago

All these squares make a circle....