# What was this webtoy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212 "2017-02-07T06:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212/1 "2017-02-07T06:30:30Z")

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I recently thought of a webtoy/interactive thingie from some years ago. It was fairly simple in operation and design. The graphics were also simple, just lines and curves. It allowed you to draw gears/wheels whose diameters were an integral number of units. You could stack a smaller gear/wheel on a larger one, then have a separate and larger gear wheel mesh with that, allowing huge reductions. You could also connect the gears/wheels with belts. Then you’d click to see your entire construction in operation.

I’ve tried Google without success.

Sound familiar to anyone?

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212/2 "2017-02-08T01:59:20Z")

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I remember that. Have no idea what it was called, though.

I think it was featured on the “Center for the Easily Amused” (defunct) at one point.

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**Author:** ![gearsketch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gearsketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gearsketch)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212/3 "2017-03-01T17:44:43Z")

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[http://www.gearsket.ch/](http://www.gearsket.ch/)

found your thread while hunting for the same thing.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212/4 "2017-04-04T03:29:20Z")

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Thank you!