here's a quick 'n dirty way. Get Wings3d (www.wings3d.com). Create a cylinder. Highlight the whole thing. Hit 'extrude', pull out slightly, and you've got gears..can save them as .3ds, and pull them into any program that supports 3ds. There also used to be a program called gearmaker...filename gearmkr.zip, Author Ricardo Kawecki, and I found it hear at 'rosity. Might still be around. hope this helps..

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