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Unread 09-02-2007, 14:01
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Re: expandable wiring

You can use surgical tubing to fold the wire bundle as the arm retracts. A few short pieces work better than one long piece. It the tubing proves to be too strong, you can cut it length wise (using one half or one quarter the circumference). This is more commonly known as "accordian" because it looks and acts like an accordian when the arm retracts.
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