I've hit a bit of a snag with a project. I've got a piece of 20mm PVC pipe that I want to attach 4 pieces of 5mm (phat) ELWire to in a spiral - e.g. the wire is wrapped round the pipe in alternate colours.
Has anyone done this? My problem is finding a good way to stick it and to make it stay stuck - especially for the first few minutes while the glue dries. (or even better, not use glue). The wire really wants to unwind!
Has anyone done this? My problem is finding a good way to stick it and to make it stay stuck - especially for the first few minutes while the glue dries. (or even better, not use glue). The wire really wants to unwind!
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Re: Fixing wire to a pipe
Mon, August 6, 2007 - 7:18 AMzipties......
or perhaps tape....though I'm thinking possibly not for this application.
so, I'd say zipties....I've seen some clear ones somewhere along the line.
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Re: Fixing wire to a pipe
Fri, August 10, 2007 - 4:06 PMI'm not sure if this works, but it's cheap to try out: wrap some clear plastic sandwich wrap around as you wrap the wires around. If that is not sticky enough try clear plastic packing tape.
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Re: Fixing wire to a pipe
Mon, August 13, 2007 - 10:51 AMI use "natural" spiral wrap for a similar application (only a bit smaller) and it works great. Looks like this www.waytekwire.com/spiral-w...ubing.htm
There is also large shrink wrap tube, but its PRICEY.
For temp holding I have used wire ties, zip ties and tape. The clear plastic wrap is a great and interesting idea.
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