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Re: pic: 1712 version of JVN high reduction gearbox - 2

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
If you zoom in you can read the plaque, which explains that it is 12x 12:60 (1:5) reductions, totaling a 244,140,625:1 ratio. If you turned the input at 100rpm, it would take 4.46 years for the small wheel to complete a single revolution.
that's doing the math and SAVING THE WORLD!
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