Lift Peg (Spring) Source?

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Originally Posted by Daws00

I've heard from a few other sources that the spring bends a lot when the gear is on it. Could you elaborate a little bit on this topic? Also was the gear placed in the center hole or on the other openings of gear?

Disclaimer - I didn't acquire the spring but I have been assured by a source I trust that it was absolutely the exact spring.

From what I tried, only the 5 spoke holes fit over the hook on the end of the spring. When I put one of those openings over the spring and left the gear at the very end - the spring really did not appear to bend. It may have ever so slightly bent but for all intents and purposes it was zero.

How it behaves after 70 matches of robots slamming gears onto it may be a different story.

[s-neff]

Teams in the East Bay / San Francisco area - I have the McMaster spring on order & can send pieces out when it arrives in ~2 weeks. Shoot me a PM.

Using a 6" long home depot substitute for now, modifying the field piece design to get an extra 3" on the elevator. We'll probably shatter the plywood in the next couple days and I'll have to come up with something new...