Thread: Exposed gears/chain
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Unread 03-11-2015, 02:14 PM
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Re: Exposed gears/chain
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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
Following Rule #1 of "Don't be an idiot" will generally protect you from open gears/chains.

If you're not following Rule #1...well a guard probably isn't going to protect you either.
It's the 'generally' here that is a problem. Most people want their fingers to remain attached with a more reliable assurance than 'generally'. The idiot is the one that presses enable while the bot is in autonomous test mode, not you with your fingers in the gears.

As inspector I've told a couple of teams to protect their pinch points especially when they are highly exposed on the exterior faces of the bot.
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