That's a lot of time and work for questionable reliability - meanwhile there is a company in China that is currently manufacturing and selling the known-good models to Cambium for likely 10$ each. I just need to find that company and see if they will sell to me.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:49 AM can...@believewireless.net < p...@believewireless.net> wrote: > Have someone come up with a design, 3D print it locally and test it > out. You can then ship it out > to a professional 3D printing company where you have LOTS of options > for materials. Some have > carbon fiber, some have metal, some have resilient plastics, resins, etc. > > The design is key though. The designer will need to know how the > weight will sit on it so they can > allow the layers to shear off at a layer line. > > I have a resin printer and with the different material options, I > would trust them holding expensive > equipment after being cured. Parts are typically printed at off angles > so you don't have the > layer strength issues you would with FDM printing. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:36 AM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > As these need to hold up $500 APs and survive year-round outdoors, I > wouldn't trust 3d-printed plastics. > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> > wrote: > >> > >> 3d printing? > >> > >> From: Colin Stanners > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:12 AM > >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >> Subject: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s > bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi ) > >> > >> Hi AFMUG, a rare request here. > >> > >> I'm looking to purchase a large number of Cambium's e501s brackets, > which they don't sell individually (reasonable enough due to low demand). > >> > >> A while ago on one of our packages from (passed through) Cambium, I > noticed the name of a Chinese supplier that I didn't recognize. I visited > their website and they seemed to be Cambium's plastics supplier. But I > didn't consider that information worth saving. Has anyone noticed that name > so that I can attempt to buy a number of brackets directly, if they are > allowed to sell them? > >> > >> Reasoning: I'm trying to put together a "super-fast event Wi-Fi > re-deployment" design. Basically, at the many locations where we offer > Wi-Fi once or twice a year, we'd have existing e501S slide-on mounts, also > terminated RJ45 ends with the cable glands in a tough plastic bag ziptied > to the tower. All events would have the routers/PoE switches left onside > with a standardized IP/VLAN/etc setup. The idea is that we can tell the > techs "grab 15 event APs", which don't need to be programmed by the office > as they have a standard config, and after climb the techs spend <1min per > AP to slide on and plug in. So with these and other optimizations, an event > of e.g. 5 sites x 3 APs per site can be fully re-deployed in 1-2hours, > instead of the 1-2 days that we normally spend organizing, programming, > attaching mounts, cabling, etc. > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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