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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default This arm would be fun to scale up for a home shop:


"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/351193599577


Maybe. But that big mess of linkages will inevitably* introduce some slop
into the tool position. I'd rather move the actuator out onto the arm near
the joint that it is controlling.

*Unless you spend a bundle on high quality ball joints.



Half the fun is finding a better way to do the job.


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