The Virtual Apple Parer Museum. Dedicated to the exhibition and educational study of antique apple parers which have both historic and artistic value.

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Gears

Apple parers provide a wonderful learning tool for exploring gears. Gears are used in apple parers to provide speed advantage, mechanical advantage or to change the direction of motion. Click on the pictures to learn more. Visit the video section of our museum to see some of these gears in action.

Gear Ratios

Gear Ratios

Image of Spur Gear

Spur Gears

Image of Helical Gears

Helical Gears

Image of Bevel Gears

Bevel Gears

Image of Worm Gears

Worm Gears

Image of Rack & Pion Gears

Rack and Pinion Gears

Image of Planetary Gear

Planetary Gears

Image of Maxam Scroll Wheel

Simple Machines




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