Gear ratio 1:1024

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I originally designed this as a desk toy for myself so I didn't really care about small inaccuracies, but since I'm putting it here I tried to fix them (the gears should spin freely on the shafts and I also made the teeth a little thicker so it would hopefully prevent slipping). If you print this and find that something is not working properly feel free to comment or remix this. Your gear ratio doesn't have to be 1:1024, you can add more gears and shafts and increase the ratio by a factor of 4 with each gear. The shaft is hollow and inside it I put 3mm thick pieces of wood (they also hold the body together), but you can use any rod that is 3mm thick (for example nails or screws) I also included sketchup file if anyone wants to make changes to it. For 1:1024 you'll need: 1x body_front.stl 1x body_back.stl 1x body_middle_1.stl 1x body_middle_2.stl 1x handle.stl 1x gear_initial.stl 1x gear_connect.stl 3x shaft.stl 4x gear_main.stl Note 1: body_middle_2.stl has to be connected (I used glue) to the back of body_middle_1.stl Note 2: with each new gear you want to add you have to print one shaft too