Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cable chain ?

turbulatordude wrote:

>I have looked at the plastic stuff and am amazed that it costs so
>much per foot.
>
>I recently had some parts made in stamped steel.
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>would a stainless cable chain be better than plastic?
>
>I was thinking of having a run of stampings then assembling them for
>my projects. seeems easy to do and having a box laying around would
>be great for the next projects.
>
>
>

You could also get some garden hose and fish all the wires through it.
You could get some
steel spring wire wound into a countinuous coil of a diameter to fit the
wire. I'm sure
there's some outfit that makes this stuff, it is used many places.
Maybe even McMaster-Carr
has it. You could grind the teeth off an old bandsaw blade and strap
the wires to it.
Electronics supply catalogs have some stuff for this purpose, too.
There is a nylon
spiral wrap, and an expanded tubular mesh (the auto makers use this).

Jon