uhm... i had this idea... only it didn't work... so i tried something else... and that didn't work either... so i decided to shoot a gear shot for the mundane challenge... and that also didn't work... and then i started playing randomly in photoshop and ended up here... where i shall promptly stop...
Yeah, not much stuff has gears! There's a cider press hiding behind a megawall of stuff in the shed, the thought is daunting. This came out great, despite your description.