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Re: pic: Inverted Gearbox Concept

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Originally Posted by KohKohPuffs View Post
With every design like this, the first stage will be exposed. Of course, people should be careful about this, but perhaps a case can be made to go over the first stage. I can kind of imagine that happening with a 3d printer.
Why spend the time printing something heavy and fragile (and doesn't let you see inside) when you could run a thin sheet plastic shield? I know some teams were using lexan for this but that seems overkill... scrap plastic like out of a 2L bottle seems all that would be necessary here.
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