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Re: Dewalt gearboxes?

We used Dewalts in 2007 (before my time, so I don't know much about that) and then used it again to power a winch for the 2010 pull-up. It survived pulling around our 140-lb robot all by itself for three competitions, and we were quite happy about the small size relative to AM gearboxes, since we had a very crowded robot that year.

The shifter was this little rubberized tab that clicked through three positions, and in order to use it, we had to mount a servo with a little arm that actuated it.
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