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that of the 20 tooth gear, the worm arrangement is considerably smaller in volume.

Left hand and right hand worm

Helical and worm handedness A right hand helical gear or right hand worm is one in which the teeth twist clockwise as they recede from an observer looking along the axis. The designations, right hand and left hand, are the same as in the long established practice for screw threads, both external and internal. Two external helical gears operating on parallel axes must be of opposite hand. An internal helical gear and its pinion must be of the same hand.
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