Hi Erik, Actually a thin film on top with the slats spaced so they would go around the curved green things would work. It just piles up on the bottom, no take up roller. Finding something flexible might be the challenge
JT On 8/16/2016 2:28 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 15.08.16 16:36, John Thornton wrote: >> Hi Andy, >> >> Thanks for the link but it has to be very thin and slide over the green >> things. I have identified it as a Hennig product... I think this is the >> product. >> >> http://www.hennig-inc.com/products/flexible-apron-covers/aluflex/ >> >> So I'm wondering if there is a more cost effective way to replace that >> aluminum apron thing... I'm sure they are not cheap. > As it spools onto the roller underneath, the hinging must be at or near > the top of the bars. With not a heap to lose after a failed previous > fix, is there sufficient thickness for drilling horizontally through the > bars just below the top surface, near each end, then stringing fine > critter wire? Ideal would be a tension spring at one end of each wire, > to snug the thing up in service. > > Otherwise, it would also be less labour intensive to simply laminate a > sheet of mylar film onto the top of the bars. That would provide both > the required hinge and a complete barrier to fine swarf. A very good > clean, then a tube or two of cyanoacrylate glue, might just do the > trick. People probably don't use mylar drawing film any more, but there > has to be another source of good tough plastic film out there. > > Erik > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
