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Originally Posted by Damien1247
We didn't use a forklift but our feather was driven by steel cable which might be an option for you. Word of warning if it has plastic coating on it that will peel off LONG before the cable fails so you may want to strip it off in the part you use to secure it down. We were useless an entire match due to striping that plastic off and not being able to raise our elevator which covered our shooter.
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Originally Posted by M. Krass
We used 3/32" diameter uncoated steel cable for all stages of our lift. We initially worked with 150 lbs. test fishing line, but it stretched far too much to be useful.
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
228 has used 25 pitch roller chain on our 2007 elevator and Spectra cable on our 2005 elevator.
I'd also like to work on a design that uses timing belts sometime. |
Do you have links of where I can buy these products, thanks guys for your help.