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Any wat in which 1 and 3 are not in contact with each other. Lines work. 2 being double thickness and 1 and 3 having depth separation works.
Gears are really simple and absolutely something more people should understand
I've got some bad news for you...
Let me guess, what an engineer considers to be simple mechanical actions are not what the general public does
I wish I was an engineer, but I have read a few mechanical engineering books with chapters on gears, and it really is a bottomless pit.
In the example, I recall seeing a method a ways back where 3 interlaced gears could rotate simultaneously. Two are linked traditionally, while one is a helical gear that slides though the teeth of the other two. It had a slick animation, wish I could find it.
Nothing is more simple than American's, I'm afraid. We've been losing a war on education for around 70 years now.
"American's", ironic