Festoon ideas for an electric WM

[Dave Shepard]

festoon: n 1.A chain of flowers, ribbons, etc. hung in a curve between two points 2. A high voltage three-phase wire hung from the ceiling to run a sawmill.


I don't know Bibbyman, the definition made sense to me. ;) :D


Dave

[mike_van]

I made up a boom, mounted  to the wall in the barn. It's 2 steel channels [like garage door track, with a 2" plastic pipe on the bottom for the wire. On the barn end, the shaft is in ball bearings [old lawnmower deck ones] so it goes back & forth really easily.       The bed on my mill is 16' 6", you could go farther with a longer boom.  16+ years, nothings broke on it yet.   A little while ago I was looking for some of the coiled wire [like phone cord] [back when they had cords]  I couldn't believe what it cost - about 50.00 for 4 conductor #14. That was at Mcmaster Carr.  Needless to say, I'm still looking.  If anyone has a good source for it, I'd like to hear it -

[StorminN]

mike_van,

Are you talking about the handset wire? How long of a length do you need?

-N.

[mike_van]

If the 4 # 14's streached out to 12 ', that'd be good.  I also need a 6 conductor one, that could be # 18, same length -