The Geneva mechanism was used in film projectors to advance film one frame at a time in the path of a projection beam. At projection speed, the mechanical sound of this gear is responsible for the clackety noise associated with projectors.


This is a 3D animation model of the Geneva mechanism built and animated in blender. I thought it would be entertaining to have 3 of them arranged around the drive wheel to form a kind of fidget spinner.

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