[Jon Stratis]

As promised, our winches.

This year's winch utilizes 3D printing pretty heavily - the spool is printed, as is the webbing guide. This let us quickly and easily put everything into a small package for use on the robot.

Last year's winch was all hand-made. First, we had to cut the sides for the spool. Then we had to get them bolted together and into some shaft collars to make them stay in place. Then we had to improvise a guide to try to keep the webbing straight... and it ended up occasionally getting off the spool and all tangled up.