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Re: How to Power a Rotating Turret
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Originally Posted by daltore
Not to mention, if something gets jammed and the turntable won't move (like that would ever happen, right?) it provides a failsafe so that the tread will just start slipping instead of snapping/cutting/otherwise breaking whatever was in the way.
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It would be good to mount an encoder on the mechanism to tell if it was slipping and give you closed-loop feedback as to the position of the turret.
As to the OP's question, I've used a couple different mechanisms, including a 60 tooth #35 pitch aluminum split sprocket (used in go-karts) and the Gates Powergrip GT-2 timing belts and pulleys (like those supplied in the kit).
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