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Re: Intake/shooter feeder prototype

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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
The minimum minimum pulley diameter for McMaster solid core urethane solid cord belting (aka solid polycord) is 3/4" for 3/32" belts. For what looks like 1/4" belts, the minimum recommended diameter is 2". Did you feel that the polycord was being bent too tight or did it feel okay?

EDIT: hollow cord belting has an even larger minimum radius

Seems to be working fine, we might increase the radius of the pulleys in the next version
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