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Re: pic: hmmm.

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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier View Post
Now that we are done competing with it. I can go into a little bit more detail about it. The hook weighs around 1lb. Not bad for an entire arm assembly with a weight of 6lbs to get an easy 2 points.

Now, does it still look "over engineered"?

We wrapped the winch cable in and out of all of the stand-offs, for one reason. Stability, I was scared that we would rip out a stand-off or the cable if we only put it around one of them. We never had a issues with it all and I was very happy.
I, for one, love this little enigma. Strong, light, easily built in a HS shop class. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when I imagine it holding 150lbs of blood, sweat and tears several feet above the hard floor.

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... ...I stole the entire idea for 2849's hook once we ran out of weight for our pole climbing arm. You'll see something very like it in Baltimore over the next 3 days...

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