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Spends most of the video building up a complicated mechanical system, then at the end guts the whole thing in favor of ropes and pulleys because of friction.

Welcome to the magic of invention.

Ineeficient designs are often replaced by more efficient ones.

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I've replaced a lot of window regulators. They use fishing wire now :)

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Which negro invented that?

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Cool video for people who have no concept of how that stuff works.

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In the UK they replaced sash windows which operated with hemp rope and lead counterweights, with complicated scissor mechanisms which wear and go out of alignment after a few years