Thread: [FTC]: Drawer slides as a linear lift
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Re: [FTC]: Drawer slides as a linear lift
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Originally Posted by MattRain View Post
My teams use drawer slides on their robots. They stick sheets of metal between each drawer slide, and attach the pulleys to the u channel brackets that are on the sheets of metal. They make the pulleys out of bronze bushings and 3D printed parts.
How heavy is this? We would like it to be light as possible. Have you done it without using the sheet metal in between?
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