Flexible cable carriers

[laheyth]

Go to the junk yard, most vans use it in the sliding door track, right at the bottom support

[underthetire]

Originally Posted by laheyth Go to the junk yard, most vans use it in the sliding door track, right at the bottom support

Genius! Pick and pull here I come!

[GeorgeRace]

Attached is a ZIP file containing 4 files that you can use to mill Cable Chains out of PVC. These files produce the commercial looking cable chains that you can buy from several sources. Very nicely done!
The files are all in CamBam format. You can load them into CamBam and produce GCode, and you are ready to go.
If you do not have CamBam, you can download a trial copy that will allow you to do 40 operations before the trial expires.
If it would help, I can make .nc or .tap files and post there here as well.

George

[WSS]

I just bought two of these for 40usd (£26) each, they come with ends.

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[Geof]

Originally Posted by The Inventor Food for thought... Get a 'cheap' light duty garden hose (3/4' or 1" ID) cut it length-wise. Slip in your cables and use wire ties to close it up.

Alternatively, if you have lots of wires, look at the corrugated plastic hose for sump pumps with a 1-1/4" ID.

[The Inventor]

Originally Posted by Geof Alternatively, if you have lots of wires, look at the corrugated plastic hose for sump pumps with a 1-1/4" ID.

Here's another option I've found and it works good:
The ribbed/slit wiring harness tubes/sleeves used in cars/trucks.

I found several vendors selling it in 50' to 100' lengths and
from a 1/2" to over 2" ID's.

The sizes I've used: 5/8" -- 3/4" -- 1"

The fact that they are use on and around the heat of engines
means they will work great on Plasma tables.

To attach it I just make a "T" out of 16/18 ga. -- two small holes
in the top of the "T" and then as many zip ties around the leg of
the "T" as needed. (A few drops of Super Glue wouldn't hurt on the
bigger sleeves.)

Grandpa Bill

[vacextar]

Quick, cheap, easy, and it doesn't require the gantry to have to drag around all of the extra weight of a wire track. I have a small steel cable routed from the Z up to the trolley above, and all of the wires tied to that steel cable.....so all of the pulling is on the steel cable and not the wires. I works great...have not had a single issue with it.

[mcv300]

If you buy cable carrier make sure you buy a size larger than required, the retainer clip will not be easily pop out during motion