Mechanics & Machines

Ratchets & Pawls

Name: Ratchets & Pawls
Duration: 78 s
Description: Forward okay. Backward NOPE. The world's most useful mechanical word: NO.

Forward okay. Backward NOPE. The world's most useful mechanical word: NO.

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