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Re: [FTC]: Drawer slides as a linear lift

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
What's the rationale behind wanting it light? I'd imagine the extra weight and the sheet metal make the system more stable than a typical drawer slide setup (which in my experience are incredibly unstable).
Just keeping it light as possibe should mean we don't have to gear it down to get the right more power to lift it up. That means we go slower and we want to lift it as fast as we can. But yes of course you're right we want it stable to.
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