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Re: Video of 1114

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Originally Posted by Mike Marandola View Post
I am pretty sure what you believe to be surgical tubing is actually the spiral tubing. If there was surgical tubing stretched that distance, it would drop much faster. I think the cylinder is visible in the picture as well.
Yeah, you're right. Sorry about that. I guess the video just is pretty hard to see clearly enough.
On that note, does anyone have some close-up photos of any mechanisms?
Though in the future, I wouldn't be surprised to see something like a constant force spring pulling the lift down, as it definitely seems advantageous to have downward pressure on the stack (but gravity is probably enough). It also might just not matter; it's working perfectly as it is.
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