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Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by zaarn on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:04AM (#23858566)
You can, worm gears that can't be reversed are called self-locking, but depending on setup, it's possibly to drive them in reverse with some effort.
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Re:Making a Googol:1 Reduction with Lego Gears [video] by hrydgard on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:48AM (#23859527)
Can't do it with Lego worm gears though. Maybe if you add some machine oil, but otherwise the plastic-vs-plastic friction is just too much.
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