£5.00
Worm Gear (2025)
At the heart of paper automata lies a fascination with movement—slow, purposeful, and beautifully mechanical. This project explores that idea through simple components and careful alignment. Whether you’re building for the joy of gears or dreaming up characters to ride atop the worm-gear, each turn of the crank invites curiosity. Let patience be your motor, and imagination your map.
This project is an updated version of the original worm gear model, which you can see here. It features some improved paper engineering techniques I’ve developed over the years, resulting in several subtle enhancements to the original design.
The downloadable PDF includes all the parts laid out across three sheets of card, ready to print, along with comprehensive step-by-step instructions to guide you through the build.
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