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Re: pic: Spartonics 1503 - 2011

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Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank View Post
There's also a 2:1 gear reduction in there after the GEM, which makes the total reduction 889.2:1.

It works surprisingly well, but one thing we've discovered is that the GEM won't backdrive (the radial load from the gear it drives causes the output shaft to bind inside somewhere), so we use a big wrench when we need to move the arm without power.
Pat, do you guys think you'll be adding floor pickup?
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