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SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 months agoYou can use multiple pulleys and shackles to take the distance of the rope up.
It’s how they do it inside of machines as far as I’ve seen.
anguo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I still feel the distance they travel will stay the same. Except if I use a gear train.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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Using #4 would allow you to move the pen 40cm for every 10cm of counterweight travel.
anguo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Ah yes, different sized pulleys would work the same as the gear train I had in mind. Thanks for the explanation!
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Likely number 2 would be enough, would double the distance itself. You just need to attach it to the same corner bracket and have a pulley with the weight under it.