Over-engineered Tofu Press

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This is a tool to press excess solution from a tofu block, the design is rather over-engineered and complex. Turning the knob will turn the small 16-tooth pinon, this pinon will turn two 84-tooth gears, these gears will turn a smaller 30-tooth gear. According to my calculations, this press should be able to provide around 400 kg of compression force, however the material will fail well before that value is reached, put simply, it has enough compression strength to press that tofu to bits! I would suggest to assemble the gear-train together to avoid any issues during assembly. you will need twelve M3*20 screws to put it together, shorter bolts will work too. you will also need to print 4 copies of the screw files, and two copies of the 84gear file.