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Looking real nice! I like the building board. I have a granite countertop that Ive true things up on in the past. You can’t get much flatter than that.
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I’m running cables. That’s all I knew when getting back into it last year. From what I can see:
Pros: More forgiving from an alignment standpoint.
Cheaper
Sturdier
Cons: Heavier
Wire drives seem to be faster
There are guys in my club that swear by the wire drives and I will try at some point but everything I have so far is set up for flex cable. It’s would seem a lot easier to build planning for a wire drive than to try and retrofit. The alignment needs to be dead nuts or the shaft will break.
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I agree Rich...
New build? , I might try one...
Retrofit? Nah...
I do some things on my cable drives that may or may not matter to some, or be worth all the trouble, but it works for me...
I can't see how a wire drive can make that much difference over a properly set up cable...and if the risk of a wire drive breaking
is higher, then I can't agree it is "better"..
New build? , I might try one...
Retrofit? Nah...
I do some things on my cable drives that may or may not matter to some, or be worth all the trouble, but it works for me...
I can't see how a wire drive can make that much difference over a properly set up cable...and if the risk of a wire drive breaking
is higher, then I can't agree it is "better"..
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I’m using a cable. I haven’t had any problems. I fellow boater is using a wire drive. He has no issues with his but your setup has to almost perfect.
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