Expanding in three dimensions

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Mathematician and maker Henry Segerman shows expanding racks in three dimensions, a mechanical idea of structures that grow outward in all directions. The video demonstrates physical models of the mechanism.

Submitted twice in 2025 and 2026 as a neat piece of 3D mechanism design, and one commenter links it as a source of an idea they met again.

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@ColinWright2026 · in “Expanding in Three Dimensions [video]”
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@gabeyaw2025 · in “3D Expanding Racks [video]”
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@shagie2026 · in “The Free Universal Construction Kit”
Back many years ago, yes... and I recently stumbled across it again in a Henry Segerman video about expanding racks in three dimensions ▶ this video