Untested Conveyor Claw Design

[Nick Bouressa]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

The problem with that is that the length of the loop changes, but there might be some way around that.

166 has an elevator style cable driven lift and we ran into the same problem. We ended up attaching rubber-bands on the downward cables to act as tensioner. They are cheap, simple, and light weight. They work very well and we have not had any issues with them (yet). And if the rubber-bands do break you NEED a back up so it doesn't fail catastrophically.

[Melvin]

I hope you would have found the solution by now. It is really an awesome design. If you had an idea of 3D CAD then it would have been great because you get a clear picture of the working of the conveyor. It is better to use another motor instead of relaying on gravity.

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[Akash Rastogi]

I gotta say, this is a really awesome design. I too hope you figured out a way to make it work. Awesome entertaining little game too! Nice work.