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Re: Rapid fuel feeding into shooter

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Originally Posted by maxnz View Post
I've been pondering this over the last couple weeks, so this is what I've thought of. We're building and testing it this week. Basically the balls roll in one direction and fall down into a chute that takes them to the shooter. They are able to fall into the chute whenever they want, which helps prevent jamming.
We prototyped something similar to this and found the balls would "bridge" against the back wall above the trough. You may need to look in to an agitator of some kind. Oscillating the back wall with a cam might be enough to break up the jams.
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