The cable carrier arrived a couple of days after I ordered it.\u00a0 I was a little too busy with “real work” to deal with it for a while, though.\u00a0 With help from Bill at Shaltz, I finally got it installed tonight.\u00a0 It was pretty easy to install.\u00a0 First, I removed the T bar from the top of the cart and attached the moving end of the carrier to the T bar (actually Bill did this, since it involved drilling and tapping holes in metal).\u00a0 I put the T bar back on the cart and started to figure out where to connect the stationary end.\u00a0 I held it where I thought it should go, then moved the cart from end to end.\u00a0 I realized I had about 6 extra links that I didn’t need, so I removed 5 of them.\u00a0 I double checked the new position and drilled a couple of tiny holes in the shelf, then used a couple of small\u00a0screws to mount the stationary end.\u00a0 At this point, everything moved very smoothly with minimal effort.\u00a0 I disconnected the last link from the stationary end and threaded each cable through one at a time.\u00a0 I had to cut the connectors off to get a nice clean end for threading.\u00a0 After threading all three cables through, I used a cable tie at the cart end\u00a0to secure the cables and keep them from moving around.\u00a0 I reattached the stationary end and put a cable tie on that end as well.\u00a0 It looks really nice.<\/p>\n
Now the down side.\u00a0 The cables I used seem to be fairly stiff and don’t like bending as much as the cable carrier wants them to.\u00a0 When I move the cart all the way to the left (smallest carrier radius), there is much more effort required to move the cart either direction.\u00a0 When I move it all the way to the right, it is much easier to move because the carrier makes a bigger radius.\u00a0 I am kind of wishing I had selected carrier with a bigger radius.\u00a0 It would be sticking out above the cart, but the motion would be a little easier.\u00a0 I just hope the difference in effort doesn’t totally mess up my cart dynamics.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be a simple force that is just a function of position and velocity\u00a0and can easily be corrected for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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