orrery workshop

ratchets in the drawer: 0

Finishes only. Nothing in the cabinet changes a tooth count, a mesh, a par or a payout. Ratchets come from closed plates, the second winding, or an optional ad.

• 01Every brass wheel carries one index mark. The plate is closed when all of them point at twelve.
• 02Tap a wheel to push it one tooth. Every wheel meshed with it turns one tooth the other way, and that pull runs on through the mesh.
• 03A wheel with more teeth moves by a smaller angle: each wheel counts in its own modulo, so the train never repeats at the same rate.
• 04A pawl clamped on a wheel holds it: a cascade reaching that wheel stops, the clamped wheel stays put and hands nothing on.
• 05Sliding a pawl lever on or off is a click of its own. Tapping a clamped wheel is refused and costs nothing.
• 06Three marks at par, two at one turn over, one at two. Going over still closes the plate; there is no dead end, every turn can be turned back.
• 07Ads are optional all the way through: a pointed index, a practice plate, twelve ratchets, a bezel to try. The bench never waits on one.

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