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Originally Posted by derekj308 Who is Paul C. Sheldon? http://www.theroethlegroup.com/pages/PCSvitae.html does he appear in the K & T "Variax" patent dated October 11th 1994? http://www.delphion.com/cgi-bin/view...OUT_FORMAT=pdf does he appear in the G & L "Variax" patent dated February 14th 1995? http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5388935.html and doesn't the 'assignee' in a patent cough up the cash? I've got a few patents with my name on them as the inventor and I am sure that the assignee that paid the fees would hunt me down if I was to take it to another company. As I understand it, the inventor gets credited for the idea but the assignee owns the patent. Surely this was done above board as an agreement between K & T and G & L? Thanks for the info SCRAPWOTSCRAP. Now who wants to build a hobby version?

The issue would be the control (Although wasn't there some talk about EMC being able to do this a few years ago?).

In theory it should be an easy build. Six linear actuators and you're good to go. If I recall correctly, they don't need to be as strong as "normal" machines because the loads are always in tension.

The downside would be the floorspace needed for a given work envelope.