If you need to make a cable bundle stiffer, Place a flexible plastic rod inside the bundle. This works better than using a stiff jacket. If you cut up an earphone cable or maybe a mouse cable, many times you see a plastic filament inside to make the cable stiffer and have better handling. I think getting this right is more an art than an engineering exercise. Sometimes I like the spiral stuff better than the split tube but it depends on the use case.
I think you are going to have to design and print connectors or stain relief fittings. Maybe a combination of PLA shells and TPU liners? Or jut the TPU liners used with hardware store parts On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On 8/10/22 16:09, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > > I believe it’s called Corrugated Loom by some US distributors. > > > > Waytek sells Tees, splices, and fastener clips for that stuff but I > can’t say I’’v ever seen box connectors. > > > > > https://www.waytekwire.com/item/21107/Aptiv-8911377-Conduit-Clip-for-Corrugated-Loom-/ > < > https://www.waytekwire.com/item/21107/Aptiv-8911377-Conduit-Clip-for-Corrugated-Loom-/ > > > I don't see any there either. I have 25' of the loom ordered, be here > Friday. But it looks like > I'll have to design and print something. The braided stuff I have, but > it is too limp to be > self supporting in the middle of a 30" loop from a j-box I've already > printed and intend to hang > on the inside of its rear frame rail, looping up over and back down to > the top of the print head. > > I put a 60mm stinger on top of the head adapter the half inch will fit > over, and the loom s/b > stiff enough to hold itself up out of the way in the middle of the run. > But to achieve that, I'll > need to make a tie-wrap squeezable fitting for the top of the box, > aiming that end of it vertical. > > I'm guessing that s/b around 40 mm long to give adequate support. The > cables aren't that bulky, > but will need spliced mid-run, inside the loom. Hence the half inch > bore. This aftermarket stuff > doesn't come with cables long enough to reach on an Ender 5 plus. I > think its the biggest printer > made for under a kilobuck. Bigger stuff is made for industrial folks, > but bring money in little red > wagon trains. > > 10 grand and up. Way up. Way out of my pay grade. :{ > > An alternative option that I’ve used is the expandable braided sleeving. > > > > > https://www.waytekwire.com/item/20301C/Techflex-PET-BLK-1-4-100-Standard-Expandable/ > < > https://www.waytekwire.com/item/20301C/Techflex-PET-BLK-1-4-100-Standard-Expandable/ > > > > > > You can run this material through the standard waterproof box > connectors. It’s great for tidying up wires inside control panels but I > advise against using it on automotive applications where it is exposed to > uv rays from the sun. It should be fine on a 3d printer. > It is quite often used there. > > Thank you Thaddeous. Take care and stay well. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
