any way to rotate electronics without twisting up wires?

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stuntpenguin007
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any way to rotate electronics without twisting up wires?

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Say I wanted to have something spin around in circles constantly, but there are external wires connected to it. Any workaround?
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Re: any way to rotate electronics without twisting up wires?

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Make circular paths on something flat, and then whatever plugs into it have metal thingamajigs sticking down to hit them. Hard to explain.
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Re: any way to rotate electronics without twisting up wires?

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Yeah, I actually get what your saying. That might be kind of tricky because I might have 8 - 10 wires, but yeah, that's really smart.
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Re: any way to rotate electronics without twisting up wires?

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SAme concept marshall posted, just instead of around in a cylinder they're on a flat plane. Either will work.
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