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by mhb 4707 days ago
Of course it would "work". So would a lever - ask Archimedes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Archimedes_lever_(Small).j...

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Well you would need an unrealistically long lever for that. With this gear thing, you could conceivably pack an extremely high gear ratio in a tiny area. I guess gears are just levers in a different form. I was just wondering what the limitations would be in this idea. I guess the construction of the gear system would have to be unrealistically high quality and strong.