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Re: The turret is alive

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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
How do you have the power wires going to the motors on the turret? Are they on some high-amperage slip-ring or is the turret not infinitely rotatable (or something else)?
Slip rings can work nice, but most times aren't needed. We had one for 2012 and, yea having full 360 motion is cool and all but it wasn't worth all the hassle to set it up. Especially when we were 10 pounds over and the lazy susan had to go.
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