Spiro Drawing Board with Todd | Vectric's Christmas Toy Shop | Day 1 | Vectric FREE CNC Projects
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- One of the great things about Christmas is that it has a way of making you reflect on the past. I can remember my father giving me a spirograph and the time he gave my daughter one. These are great little creative gadgets that sometimes take a bit of practice, but once you got it there are hours of creative drawing to be had.
In this video, I will show you how he created a larger scale Spiro Drawing Board that you can carry around, lay on a surface, open up, and have all that you need to create a large-scale spiro design. I wanted to be sure it was friendly to small hands and use crayons to create fun bold designs that could be colored afterward.
There was a lot to learn here but nothing too difficult. One of the most useful techniques is how you can create the cogs or gears using a series of circles. Also, I give you a few ideas for upgrades that would make this design even better. Don’t forget that because it is wood a little bit of breaking in will be needed so that means a bit of fun for the Elves even before the gift is wrapped!
I hope this project inspires you to share some #kindnessthischristmas and gift this Spiro Drawing Board to a little one near you!
Have fun, Merry Christmas & keep safe!
Todd
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What a fantastic project! I'm looking to make a huge wall-mounted one.
Go for it! FUN... share a pic so we can see the finished thing!!!
Well done Todd. Great idea giving this as a gift for someone in need.
Thanks Mark... it was a fun one to make.
Very cool project! Spirograph was one of my favorites when I was a kid!
It is a lot of fun. :)
Merry Christmas. and my grandkids are going to love you thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for the comment! So Glad you liked it!
great idea, I just finished making one. I used 1/2 inch plywood on top and inserted a piece of .200 clear acrylic to make the gear area out of. I also put a hinge on it to hold it together
So good to hear Micheal!!! The upgradeds sound perfect. Love the acrylic idea!!! I did, in the end, add some hinges... really make a difference! Keep safe!!!
Well done Todd….. another thought, if I add this to my to do list, I may cut a second set of holes to accommodate color or graphite pencils. Outside of that great work and thanks for sharing.
They Tom.... GREAT idea!!! I was trying to make the holes in the cogs/gears able to accept a crayon. It worked great except that the crayons broke. I did in the end purchase the crayons that look like plastic pencils with "leads" you can replace and insert them in the top to push out a fresh "lead" (sorry if that description just confused thing).
well thought out nice work!
Thanks Kevin... I enjoyed working it all out.
Thx for the inspiration sir!
No problem... so glad you tuned in!!! Thanks for the comment!
Very nice sir good job
Thanks so much!!!
Could you have selected them all then typed J to join them?
Hey Karen... yup that may have worked perfect. I was really trying to show the "long hand" process so that folks could see what I was doing. Too much "magic" may have not given everyone time to really see what I was trying to achieve. These quick tips are great thanks for taking the time to share it!
thanks Todd
Hey Roy... you are very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to watch... :)
are there plans for this, or just build your own using hisvideo
Hi Jeff, you can download the the PDF and free files here: www.vectric.com/vectric-community/free-projects/free-trial/SpiroDrawingBoard hope this helps! Thanks
I have Version 10 of Vectric Pro. Is there a way to download this file?
Hi Acer this project is a free trial project so you can download it and open it in the latest free trial and cut it on your machine. Hope this helps, thanks!
Why not recess the top into the bas
Hey Joe... you are right that would have sorted out the laterial movement when using the spiro. I did in the end make a new top out of thicker material (same as the bottom) and added hinges. So the board now flips open. Works really well... but your idea would look much cleaner! Thanks for sharing!
In modeling gears, addendum and dedendum are identical. For internal gears, just subtract the gear profile volume from the solid board. You wasted time doing the basic gear calculations in my opinion. In other words, just use the gear gadget as normal when sketching a profile on an object and extrude cut (subtract volume) from base model.
Thanks for that and it sounds like it would work. I did try a couple of different methods... but felt this was a sure win and could be used by all of our users. Seeing as the Gear Gadget is only avaiable to Pro and Aspire users. In saying that I love how there are so many different ways to do this sort of thing... gets ya thinking. I also feel, like you, that doing all the calculations for gears for a project like this is a bit of over kill. Once I got the tabs sanded off and all the fuzzys removed I suspect the teeth wer not all that "round" anymore... :)
@@vectric It’s always good to try different methods when it comes to modeling, so I commend you on that. It’s the way we learn. Depending on the design, one method is usually better suited over the other. I retired from Mechanical Engineering after 31 years at age 53. 20 of those years I spent 3D modeling with emphasis in complex assemblies, some having over 10,000 parts! I mastered 5 different parametric softwares during that time and it usually takes about a year to learn each one. I’m almost finished building my second wood shop, after moving to a new place this year. I will be ordering an AVID CNC and plan on using the Vectric Pro. I shouldn’t have any problems learning it after reviewing the vids from Vectric’s website and other CNC users such as yourself. BTW, I always thought using a SPIROGRAPH to do inlay work would be fun, but with a CNC, who needs it! 😂