One of the things that I spent a lot of time thinking about was cable/wire management. I used mesh loom, heat shrink, cable clamps and tie wraps to create what I hope is a professional looking build…
One of the trickiest parts was working out what to do for the gantry wiring/tubing (X endstop wires, probe wires, router power cable, air hose, IPA hose, etc.). Putting it all into a neat bundle and making sure it didn’t flop into the path of the core wheels was a bit of a challenge (at least to my feeble mind)…
I ended up using a section of 10mm OD PVC air hose with a piece of fencing wire inside to act as a stiffening rod, attached to the middle strut with a cable clamp , and to the core with a tie wrap. The core wires went into a mesh loom with the stiffening hose, and the air hose, IPA hose and router power cable went into a section of nylon split loom and attached to the stiffening rod with velcro straps. The vacuum hose also attaches with the same velcro straps. It seems to work pretty well.
