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As I make brackets and parts for mounting my igauge dro’s on both my craftsman / atlas 12” and my rong fu 30 mill, I look at the small cords that are attached thru a hole in the sending units of the dro’s, wondering how long they will stay together before fraying and eventually breaking off or shorting out. <o></o>
It got me thinking about my wife’s laptop that is always connected to the charger and up and down on and off her lap. We had to replace that special cordset after less than a year due to the constant flexing and bending, and the new one was destined to do the same thing. It seems that it is always being bent from one side to the other so what I did was buy some sugru which is a silicone / silicon type product from England that sets up to a fairly ridgid solid. this has worked for us now for a couple years in keeping the cord stable at the laptop.
Problem with the sugru is that its expensive and has a shelf life, or refrigerator life of about 6 months if you don’t use it. <o></o>
This is what im going to do with the dro’s except I found a DIY stuff that will work the same way. its 100% silicone sealer/caulk, mixed with a few drops of oil based paint for color and about an equal mix of corn or potato starch (cooking product) if you use less starch it is slower setting, more will do just the opposite. And its much much less expensive. I found it on “instructables.com” under the search “sugru”. a very interesting writeup on the idea. It must be 100% silicon /silicone. (for spelling I can’t remember which is which.) <o></o>
I had to share. . . must be my job today J <o></o>
So if you have a concern of flexing cords, try it. . .
It got me thinking about my wife’s laptop that is always connected to the charger and up and down on and off her lap. We had to replace that special cordset after less than a year due to the constant flexing and bending, and the new one was destined to do the same thing. It seems that it is always being bent from one side to the other so what I did was buy some sugru which is a silicone / silicon type product from England that sets up to a fairly ridgid solid. this has worked for us now for a couple years in keeping the cord stable at the laptop.
Problem with the sugru is that its expensive and has a shelf life, or refrigerator life of about 6 months if you don’t use it. <o></o>
This is what im going to do with the dro’s except I found a DIY stuff that will work the same way. its 100% silicone sealer/caulk, mixed with a few drops of oil based paint for color and about an equal mix of corn or potato starch (cooking product) if you use less starch it is slower setting, more will do just the opposite. And its much much less expensive. I found it on “instructables.com” under the search “sugru”. a very interesting writeup on the idea. It must be 100% silicon /silicone. (for spelling I can’t remember which is which.) <o></o>
I had to share. . . must be my job today J <o></o>
So if you have a concern of flexing cords, try it. . .