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Dev tools · July 31, 2013

Sketch, connect and simulate gears and chains

GearSketch sandbox in CoffeeScript. Contribute to frankleenaars/gearsketch development by creating an account on GitHub.

Sketch, connect and simulate gears and chains launched on July 31, 2013 with 201 votes, #4 of 486 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

GearSketch is a development tool for sketching, connecting, and simulating gears and chains. Written in CoffeeScript, it provides a sandbox environment for mechanical simulation and design. The tool is hosted on GitHub, where developers can contribute to its ongoing development. It is intended for engineers and hobbyists who need to visualize and test gear and chain mechanisms before physical implementation.

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