The Endless Gear Machine

14,348,907 RevolutionsThat's how many times the motor must turn the first gear to get the last gear to rotate once. With a series of 15 gears with an average gear ratio of 1:3, it takes 3^15 or 14,348,907 revolutions for the Endless Gear Machine to complete one full cycle.Here's a timelapse of the machine running for 10 minutes at 10x speed.Designed as a simple mathematical art piece, the Endless Gear Machine takes its time to show you the power of exponential growth. At one second per r