Converting Two Way Linear Motion Into One Way Rotation

Input: yellow button linearly reciprocating.
Output: blue screw shaft rotating one way.Both up and down displacements of the yellow button do work.
The screw has two threaded portions of opposite hands.
If the screw inertia is large enough (with an attached flywheel), it rotates continuously.
The video was made based on the suggestion from a YouTuber, Bruce Lortz.

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