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Originally Posted by freebeard
Magnetic bearing?
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Too heavy for any substantial force over the distance of the rubber thickness required I think..?
ie: One might magnetize gear teeth to repel each other as the distance between teeth where you'd want the repulsion to kick in is essentially zero.
But for a (rubber filled) gap of (thumb suck) 1 to 3 mm the magnets would be too heavy in this case?
You'd already be 'complicating' a std conrod.
Doing so as simply and lightly as possible would be key here.