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Education (lemmy.ml)

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Let me guess, what an engineer considers to be simple mechanical actions are not what the general public does

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

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.