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Ben27Lacrosse Ben27Lacrosse is offline
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Re: How to use igus chain.

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Originally Posted by Ekcrbe View Post
A slip ring is a beautiful solution, but our team counted out something like 27 wires, and a slip ring for that could get into the three-digit range of pricing and be difficult to find. We settled on a large excess of wire in a conduit sleeve with some piano wire, anchored just above and below the turret so it can stretch around to the motors.
Maybe a little jankity, bit it works.

I think we are going with something somewhat like this. Thanks so much for the input!