Chains or cable for different machine configurations

[madgrizzle]

@dlang came up with an idea:

Chain take-up idea

I have an overly crowded garage (to say the least) and I was thinking about what could be done to eliminate the extra length of the bottom beam and the chain supports there. I though of a way that we could make a chain takeup that would gather the slack chain. The idea is that the chain attaches to the front disk, and a spring/bungee cord attaches to the smallest disk so that as the chain is gathered, the bungee cord pays out. These would be hung under the motors (it’s shown with a 5" long 1/2…

However, if you mounted those to the sled, it’d look like Mickey Mouse.