zguitar71 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I have seen the gear reduction machine, it resides at the MIT museum in Cambridge MA. it's pretty cool. On one end there is a shaft spinning away and on the other end there is a shaft in concrete and in the middle there are gears that moves slower and slower as you get toward the concrete side. The movement becomes imperceivable about 4 gear reductions back from the concrete block. I watched the machine for a long time, it is really hard to wrap your mind around the shaft never breaking on the concrete side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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