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Re: 233 telescoping arms how do they work?

Awesome stuff. Thanks for all the info about these mechanisms.

When we've built these cascaded telescoping lifts/arms in the past, we've used a winch system for the first stage. What I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around with both of 233's and 254's telescoping arms is where the extra chain/timing belt, goes when these mechanisms are extended. Or are just the cascaded sections using the timing belt/chain?

Always trying to come up with better solutions, and these are the type of mechanisms we're all striving to make (in some small way).