Editing Spirograph (section)

==Operation==
The original US-released Spirograph consisted of two differently sized plastic rings (or [[stator]]s), with gear teeth on both the inside and outside of their circumferences. Once either of these rings were held in place (either by pins, with an adhesive, or by hand) any of several provided gearwheels (or [[wikt:rotor|rotors]])—each having holes for a [[ballpoint pen]]—could be spun around the ring to draw geometric shapes. Later, the Super-Spirograph introduced additional shapes such as rings, triangles, and straight bars. All edges of each piece have teeth to engage any other piece; smaller gears fit inside the larger rings, but they also can rotate along the rings' outside edge or even around each other.  Gears can be combined in many different arrangements.  Sets often included variously colored pens, which could enhance a design by switching colors, as seen in the examples shown here.

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File:Spiograph Animation.gif|Animation of a Spirograph
Image:Various Spirograph Designs.jpg|Several Spirograph designs drawn with a Spirograph set using several different-colored pens
Image:Spirograph wheel number 72 (UK Palitoy early 1980s).jpg|Closeup of a Spirograph wheel
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