Hello, I was just curious where you all route your wires and tubes for dust extraction and wiring? I have a modular enclosure that I built but haven't used yet because I don't want to drill into the Polycarbonate walls. Though, even if I did drill a hole in it, do you go through the top? The back? The side? What location did you pick? A lot of guides and videos seem to hide the hire management. I was thinking about lifting the entire enclosure up on an extra set of aluminum extrusions with a little notch/hole for the wires/tubes. Regards, Dave
I'm not sure there if there's a whole lot to consider? You really only need two exit points don't you? just one for your dust extraction, and the other for your cables generally. Right now I'm not in an enclosure but I have one wiring route with all the wiring in a drag chain, and my vac hose leaving up top. If I were to go to an enclosure the only question would be there the holes would be and wiring would go out the bottom/side, and depending on the height my vac would go out the top probably.
I've never used a CNC machine before, So I'm unsure how much movement there is going to be, pulling on the hose, slack needed, cable wiring locations for strain relief, etc... I just wanted to see people's wire management setups to get some inspiration. If I need to drill some holes in the polycarbonate that's doable, but I want to be sure the paths are solid before doing so. Going through the top could work, but it's a really long path that fights against the dust evac. But again, I have no experience. I've also been thinking about routing some fluid and air compressor plumbing into the system. I build a lot of computers and a few 3d printers and wire management and airflow tend to create sneaky problems that create huge headaches down the road.
