Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Solace
we had this problem in 2001 when we had a long telescoping arm. we fixed it in a jury rig kind of way, but it worked.
we took a long piece of surgical tubing and affixed our wiring to it at regular intervals. for example, if the wiring was tied off at every 3 inches of surgical tubing, then between each tie off there would be 6 inches of wiring. in its normal state, the wiring kinda zig-zagged back and forth. when the arm extended, the tube stretched so that at full extension the wiring was going straight with the tubing.
this is a great, if brute force, way of controlling wiring. there is always a chance of entangling the wiring in an external object, so you may want keep it in some sort of flexible sleeve on the side of your arm.
|
Solace is correct, Using rubber tubing or even rubber bands you can keep the wire under control. Start with things at max length, Then figure what you can tie to that doesn't move and tie the strechy things in center of wire loops you want to control. Good luck