Gear with Me

An extendable gear play set, with more gears than you can shake a stick at. Suitable for education and play.
The latest version with any minor updates (and now also an extendable linear rack) can be found [here.](https://www.printables.com/model/1140803-gear-with-me)
Do note that there is now also a [version for a younger audience](https://www.printables.com/model/1169431-junior-gears).


The playing field is a perforated plate with holes spaced on a 15mm rectangular grid. By printing multiple boards, and linking them from below with the ‘Joiner’ pieces, the joy can be extended without limit, in two dimensions.
The gears themselves have sturdy M6 threaded axles, which turn freely in the holes of the board. However, each gear also has a threaded hole on top, which facilitates stacking to create compound gears, and hence the attainment of ridiculous gear ratios

The third dimension is therefore also conquered, though not without limit as in the case of the other two. You can stack as h