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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
I wonder if there's anyway to set up a gear reduction lifting mechanism such that a spring wouldn't be required to help lift it.
It'd need a positive mechanical lock out when up so it wouldn't kill some one if it came down, but it wouldn't take much to come up with something to do that.
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It already has gear reduction via sprockets and I could almost hang my ~190 lb. self on the chain when it was half way up.
Got it fixed today, (spring replaced), by the second guy who came by for $3350. This is not a DIY project!!
