Thread: 233 telescoping arms how do they work?
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Re: 233 telescoping arms how do they work?
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Originally Posted by fr05ty27355 View Post
What did 254 and 233 do to pin the chain/belt to a stage? I'm wondering if they put bolts through the chain/belt, pinched the chain/belt against a toothed surface, or did something else. I'm guessing they might have had different methods since 254 used a belt and 233 used chain.
We did something similar for a two-stage cascading mechanism driven by a Gates belt. We were able to saw and file a piece of aluminum to match the Gates tooth profile. The block covered about 6 teeth and we avoided putting holes through the belt. Worked perfectly on the second try.