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Acorn Arcade forums: General: Magic Gears
 
  Magic Gears
  CJE (11:24 15/5/2012)
  trevj (20:04 15/5/2012)
    CJE (11:38 16/5/2012)
      trevj (19:08 16/5/2012)
 
Chris Evans Message #120392, posted by CJE at 11:24, 15/5/2012
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Mention of the OpenGL test program 'SDLgears' reminded me of the following very interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGAnmRb66s0
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Trevor Johnson Message #120400, posted by trevj at 20:04, 15/5/2012, in reply to message #120392
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Chris, I think you've possibly just made one of the few posts here which might make people think, I'll send that to my parents! (Or maybe it's just me!)
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Chris Evans Message #120405, posted by CJE at 11:38, 16/5/2012, in reply to message #120400
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Chris, I think you've possibly just made one of the few posts here which might make people think
Very fascinating as it is, I'm struggling to think of a use, as will be very poor at power transmission it would wear badly as the touching surfaces slide against each other. Any useful uses anyone?
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Trevor Johnson Message #120406, posted by trevj at 19:08, 16/5/2012, in reply to message #120405
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Yes, a fascinating curiosity. As for wearing badly, well that's not much of a concern for manufacturers of things like domestic appliances these days, is it!
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