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cable/ wire tidying up, best way ?

Posted by dave_ace_me
on 2002-03-18 16:19:25 UTC
Hi all,

I'm looking into tidying up the cables from the power supply to the
steppers.

I have seen an expensive rack that attaches to the table and as the
table moves, it bends and follows the table. Kind of like a bicycle
chain, but about 2 inches wide. The wires lay in that and are
secured so they only bend in one direction. But alwyas are kept out
of the way. I think a lot of old pin printers used a similar concept
but with ribbon cable and no support.

I have also seen a wire, strung the length of the travel with the
contol and power wires attached to shower curtain type hangers.

Since I have a ten foot table movement, this is a concern.

How do you large router table guys do it ?

Looking for some pearls or wisdom from those that crashed and burned,
or just did it right from the start.

Dave

Discussion Thread

dave_ace_me 2002-03-18 16:19:25 UTC cable/ wire tidying up, best way ? janrwl 2002-03-18 18:00:09 UTC Re: cable/ wire tidying up, best way ? Gail & Bryan Harries 2002-03-18 18:34:49 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: cable/ wire tidying up, best way ? Paul R. Hvidston 2002-03-18 23:02:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cable/ wire tidying up, best way ?