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Re: Incorporating the vex ball shifter into a WCD Drive

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
We will post a rough draft of our "Vexpro WCD" before the end of the weekend, and maybe follow up with a more refined setup before ship.

We are also heavily tempted by the WCP gearboxes. They are an iteration of our custom gearbox design, so they'd likely be a good fit into our designs.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS.

We are thinking about doing this with belts and just using the 1x3 as the mount plate for the third stage with larger standoffs. Which would allow for the pulleys to be contained in the 3rd stage of the gearbox.
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