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May 05, 2025

Everything You Want To Know About LEGO Gears

May 05, 2025/ Ronald Vallenduuk
Everything You Want To Know About LEGO Gears

Join us as we explore the history of LEGO gears, the different types, how they work together (or don’t), and why they have so many teeth!

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May 05, 2025/ Ronald Vallenduuk/ 9 Comments
Deep Dive
Technic, Gears, Ratios, Samsonite, history, math
December 08, 2024

When Technic Wasn't Technic

December 08, 2024/ Ronald Vallenduuk
When Technic Wasn't Technic

You might think LEGO Technic has a straightforward past, but then BrickNerd wouldn’t be publishing an article about it! Come find out when Technic wasn’t Technic.

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December 08, 2024/ Ronald Vallenduuk/ 10 Comments
Deep Dive, Theme 101
Technic, Gears, Samsonite, Liftarm, Mindstorms, Bionicle, Forma, Racers
February 25, 2024

Brick Engineering: Planetary Gear Trains

February 25, 2024/ Michael J
Brick Engineering: Planetary Gear Trains

Happy Engineers Week! Join Michael as he explores the 6x6 quarter-circle gear racks to make LEGO planetary gear trains.

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February 25, 2024/ Michael J/ 4 Comments
Techniques
Technic, technique, Gears, Planetary, transmission, Engineering, Planetary gear, sun gear, ring gear, LEGO
November 28, 2014

Mechanical Bug

November 28, 2014/ Tommy

Do you suppose less people would be creeped out by bugs if they were steam powered and had adorable little gears and complex mechanisms inside them? One can only suppose, but we can envision that possibility with this brilliant mechanical beetle by Dwalin Forkbeard.

Mechanical Bug
Mechanical Bug (mechanism)
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MOC Spotlight
Entomology, Bugs, Beetle, Steampunk, Gears, LEGO

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