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» Down By The Old Mill Stream
Down By The Old Mill Stream
March 1, 1997
Back in the days when our great, great, great, etc., grandaddies were designing gears, one of the most common materials in use was wood. For fairly obvious reasons, we don't see too many wooden gears around anymore. But there are a few.
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