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Re: pic: Claw^2 Concept
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Originally Posted by Sachiel7
We're toying with several ideas.
Either aluminum extrusion that's not as curved or aluminum flat bar heat shapen. I'm leaning towards the flat bar. The bottom 2 "claws" are fixed nice and tight to the arm. The top one pivots via a piston.
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The hardest part we found when building our arm was getting it rigid. You may want to experiment with having two support bars instead of just one pole. We found this helped with making the arm rigid 
Good luck!
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