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 ====== Adding cable chains ====== ====== Adding cable chains ======
-  * [[https://www.ebay.de/itm/382815415645|Cable chain]] Inner dimension: 10x10mm R18, Outer dimensions: 13x17mm 
-  * [[https://www.aluminium-online-shop.de/de/shop-aluminium-kleinstmengen/Z-Profile-_-33/index.html]] 
  
  
-==== Required tools/parts ====+==== Required tools/material ==== 
 +  * [[https://www.ebay.de/itm/382815415645|Cable chain]] Inner dimension: 10x10mm R18, Outer dimensions: 13x17mm 
 +  * [[https://www.aluminium-online-shop.de/de/shop-aluminium-kleinstmengen/Z-Profile-_-33/index.html]] 
 +  * Kapton tape to isolate the heads of the two tapered screws at the back of the junction box, preventing them to touch the aluminium Z-profile.
   * Bosch Taper Countersink Bit M3, HSS, Ø 6,3mm, Art.Nr. 2608597501   * Bosch Taper Countersink Bit M3, HSS, Ø 6,3mm, Art.Nr. 2608597501
 +  * 2x Cable shoe 2.50 mm² hole-Ø=3.2 mm, e.g. Lapp Art. Nr. 63204095 Uninsulated cable lugs/solderless terminals according to DIN 46234, or Vogt Verbindungstechnik Art. Nr. 3515A Cable shoe, EAN: 2050000236273 (Conrad: 731655 - 62)
 +  * 2x Cable shoe 1.50 mm² hole-Ø=3.2 mm, e.g. LAPP Art. Nr. 63204025 Uninsulated cable lugs/solderless terminals according to DIN 46234 (Conrad: 1024098 - 62)
 +  * 2x spring washer 3.2mm
 +  * 2x regular washer 3.2mm
 +  * various nuts and bolts M3
  
 ==== Y-Axis ==== ==== Y-Axis ====
-The main concern with using a cable chain for the Y-axis is how to make a connection which is both capable of high currentcrimpeable, and small to fit into a 3d-printed enclosure. For this, the most suitable option would be to use unisolated cable-shoes. These are easy to source and easy to use with a 3d printed mounting base, which functions as a junction box.+The main concern with using a cable chain for the Y-axis is how to make a connection which is both capable of sustaining high currentscan be crimped, and is small to fit into a 3d-printed enclosure. 
 +For this, suitable option would be to use unisolated cable-shoes. These are easy to source and easy to use with a 3d printed mounting base, which functions as a junction box. On the picture below a first prototype can be seen:
  
-^  Junction box  ^+^  Prototype 
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 +To protect the open connections, the design was improved, by adding 1mm thick walls around it: 
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 +^  Junction box - detail  ^
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-With the cover, mounted on the junction box and on the aluminium profile, it looks like the following: +With the cover, mounted on the junction box and on the junction box mounted onto the aluminium profile, it looks like the following (click on picture to zoom)
-^  Junction box  ^+^  Junction box - closed  ^
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 +The whole combination consists of the following parts:
  
 ^  Overview of parts  ^ ^  Overview of parts  ^
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   - Aluminium Z-profile, 20x20x20, 2mm thickness, 45mm length   - Aluminium Z-profile, 20x20x20, 2mm thickness, 45mm length
   - Cable chain, 10x10xR18   - Cable chain, 10x10xR18
-  - JST-XH connector & socket and 2-pin header to connect to sockets with eachother+  - JST-XH connector & socket and 2-pin header to connect two sockets with each other
   - Cover, to be printed   - Cover, to be printed
   - Junction box, to be printed, with 2x M3 tapered screw, 4x M3 nut, 2x washer, 2x spring washer   - Junction box, to be printed, with 2x M3 tapered screw, 4x M3 nut, 2x washer, 2x spring washer
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