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Re: Bimba Cylinder Dimensions

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Originally Posted by Travis Covington View Post
Not much reason other than weight and aesthetics. The AM one is functionally identical.
There is also the tradeoff in cost versus in house fab time.

Adam, what we did for our first series of gearboxes was reuse the AM shift shaft, block, mount plate, etc... We later switched to our own custom setup.

It may save you time and make the process a lot more painless by reusing his components, and going custom when you feel comfortable doing so.