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Originally Posted by Dan.Tyler
To relieve the load on the lever, you simply need to drive the motor slightly forward, then actuate the clutch lever on the ratchet while releasing the motor. It will relieve any load the ratchet is holding momentarily (long enough to flip the switch) while changing directions/freespinning back the partial tooth distance.
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This could work I think. The only issue is the concept of a hard-stop. In order to be able to reverse the motor and relieve the tubing load on the ratchet something else will have to be taking the tubing load for that short amount of time. Because the motor cannot spin as fast as the tubing wants to shoot, we can't just reverse it real fast and try to flip the ratchet switch.
Honestly though, that just shifts the problem of releasing under load to whatever is taking the load while you reverse your motor. So many the real questions should be "what will hold and release the tubing effectively". And for that I think some kind of simple pneumatic hook would do the job best.