Re: Off on an interesting tangent (bellows-way covers)

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Dave Lantz <dlantz@a...>
wrote:

> the waterjet cutter here has an interesting way cover. basically a

roll of

> flexible plastic is held around the axis, with a slot cut out of

the middle

> for the gantry head. something i was thinking of was to make two

spring

> loaded rollers, and have a strip of plastic riding in a groove, so

that when

> the gantry moved one side would unroll and the other would take up

the

> slack... seems cheap enough to make
>
> Dave L.
>

Never thought about a spring loaded roll-up approach. Kind of like
two roll up window shades? I am seriously considering using either
Tyvek or Cordura for the cloth. I guess the cloth would roll up like
plastic. A piece 60" wide by 36" long is about 9 bucks. Plenty of
cloth to make several way covers and have some left over.