Thread: Elevators/ Forklifts
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Re: Elevators/ Forklifts
If anybody has a copy of the 2004 Championship presentation called "Manipulators and Mechanisms" (Or something like that) it has a few good drawings of different ways to cable a forklift. We used a forklift in 2005 and had no problems with the speed, even with the heavy tetras. A three stage lift with all internal cabling powered by (I think) a fisher price motor and a Bosch drill transmission. The only problem we had with it was we had to switch from aluminum axles to steel because the aluminum ones got all warped, and the cable broke once or twice (it was nylon) but it wasn't hard to restring it.

~Allison

PS - If anybody does have a copy of that presentation (it was in powerpoint) it would be splendid if you could send me a copy.
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