I believe our bending brake is about 3' wide, but I'm not 100% certain; I hear we got a nice new one a couple of days ago, and I have not been into the metal shop since.
PVC pipe hangers and pipe with one side chopped off works pretty well, though. * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST * On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]>wrote: > While looking for something else I ran across: > > Wire Mesh Cable Tray > > http://www.drillspot.com/products/606488/cablofil_cf30_100ez_wire_mesh_cable_tray?s=1 > > or > http://www.progresswire.com/popups/cable%20tray.html > > which is just a galvanized steel wire grid bent into a U-shape to form a > wiring duct. Seems like a good idea. (These are used in places where you > have a bunch of network and telecom cabling, like leading into a wiring > closet or spanning across a computer room.) > > But as seems to be typical for the wire management industry, they're way > overpriced. They want about $100 for a 10' section. (Panduit's plastic > wiring ducts are similarly overpriced.) > > (I've considered a bunch of other options for substituting commodity > components, like a vinyl gutter. But nothing really fits the task well.) > > I'm wondering if a commodity grid panel, like one of these 1' x 5' > gridwall panels that cost $8 each, could be bent into a U-shape to > accomplish the same thing. (The 3" grid spacing might be somewhat coarse.) > > Does AA have a bending brake that could handle 5' wide stock? (Could use > 4' or 2' stock instead.) > > One problem is that bending would kill the finish, unless the panels can > be found with electroplated galvanizing. Most seem to be painted or chrome. > > (Too bad you can't just "drive over to China" to pick up materials. Of > course they have OEMs that create the raw stock: > http://www.china-wiremesh.com.cn/Welded_Wire_Mesh.html > US manufacturers only seem to make custom wire grid products.) > > (FYI, this is for low voltage wiring so UL and NEC compliance isn't > necessary. Generally not a great idea to bunch together a bunch of high > voltage wires anyway.) > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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