OK, so I just wanted to show the community what I came up with for a Pulley and Counter Weight Tension system. Simple, effective and inexpensive. This would be better if the top Pulleys were larger but they are what I could find locally. I used 2 paving stone style bricks, some 110 lb. Para-cord, a set of rollers for a sliding door found at my local big box store and some L brackets to mount the Pulleys/Rollers. Total cost was less then 10 bucks as the bricks I got from a friend. Anywhere the cord comes into contact with the machine I used an old candle and waxed the surfaces and the cord. I also placed a piece of ply between the weights and mounted it to the waste board to keep the bricks from tangling, also waxed to ease movement.
Here’s some pics :
And here is a video of it running My first “test” of the machine :
And finaly some pics of the finished “test” piece :
I must say I am in LOVE with Maslow, look out Wifey you just got some competition! 