Questions tagged [pulleys]
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Will this pulley arrangement keep this kayak level when hoisting?
I am building a kayak hoisting system for my garage, and was originally going to use a standard two-rope system to keep the kayak level when hoisting, but I came across this single rope schematic, and ...
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Is there a pulley configuration that can both reduce distance and weight?
I'm trying to find some kind of clever workaround to engineer a solution to the fact that a typical pulley can't reduce both distance and weight.
I am designing a counterweight system for a hangar ...
