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Re: Balancing an Arm

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Originally Posted by gabrielau23 View Post
\from what I've picked up so far, you can either use a super-powerful motor or use surgical tubing to balance said arm, correct?
You can also use the proper gear ratio so your motor doesn't have to work so hard. But be careful with the super-high-reduction gearboxes: they have an output torque limit that frequently is less than the torque the motor will generate with them.