PC Plod Build/Upgrade Log

[Ocracoke]

Hmm... certainly looks powerful but I would not want to be around it if that spring decides to break (might be worth fitting a blanking plate over where the spring is exposed.

The Whitworth Quick Return does look far less likely to break down, although it does look far less powerful, because there's no actual force behind the downward swing

Having watched my video again, I had the same concern but it depends on which way around the mechanism is turning I should think. For a axe mechanism, it looks to be that you'd want the motor turning clockwise and for lifting, run it anti-clockwise (from the angle that I shot the video at).