Making a Trammel of Archimedes

I became fascinated by this tool designed by Archimedes to draw 1:2 ellipses (also known as a do-nothing or fidget toy). So I decided to make one from clear acrylic!

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[taranson]

This is a very cool project. Great job

[carls]

Thanks for the info, nice job by the way!

[nakshatrapoonia]

Really cool stuff mate mate i wonder what are the measurements of the big circle and the circle that the screws made 🎉❤

[Educationey]

I wonder if you could make pistons on the ends of the tubes in order to make it into a sort of engine. Great Work!

[nadam]

what a great video, i really love your channel. thanks for sharing.

[carls]

Does the cast acrylic only come in sheets, is there extruded sheet?