• @PDFuego@lemmy.world
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    2314 days ago

    No, you’d turn the first one then the second would only move a fraction of the amount, and the third would only move a fraction of that amount, and so on.

    • @CucumberFetish@lemm.ee
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      313 days ago

      Until friction and tolerances cancel out any kind of movement. A gearbox with as many stages as the one in the picture, the torque required to start moving the last gear is bigger than the first gear can handle.