{"id":209,"date":"2017-02-16T23:49:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T07:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/?p=209"},"modified":"2017-12-01T01:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T09:28:20","slug":"cable-management-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/cable-management-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable management &#8211; Check."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The modular LED strip holders and a box for them were the results of a couple hours at Techshop this evening.<\/p>\n<h2>Modular Cable Management<\/h2>\n<p>Laser cutting the holders took about 27 minutes for the 88+ pieces. Then it took another 8 minutes because my wood was 24&#8243; wide rather than the 26&#8243; that I designed the cut pattern for and I had to recut the last column. Whoops. I brought extra stock with me for these types of things.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDiePKYuw7s?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_184837.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cutting finished (almost).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The three types of individual pieces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183623.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">How they link together. The two holes in the arms also allow them to be hung upside down from a ceiling or tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_223553.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">An example of how the pieces will be\u00a0used. They will be about a meter apart upon installation. The double holders are used where two strips plug together. In addition to the LED strip, the arm helps manage the data and electricity wiring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Cable Management Module Management<\/h2>\n<p>With all those pieces I needed a box to hold them in when they aren&#8217;t installed.<\/p>\n<p>The box I designed holds 88 pieces in as dense a form as I could figure out. There are 44 of\u00a0the pieces that the cables and LEDs sit in, 36 cross bar legs and eight double cross bar legs. That&#8217;s enough for a piece every meter, and two at every 5 meter joining of strips.<\/p>\n<p>The box took about 7 minutes to cut. It snapped together perfectly the first time. I&#8217;m pretty proud of that one since I designed all the interlocking fingers as I was drawing it in Illustrator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_190938.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cut pieces for box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195230.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Final box with 88 pieces inside. The top snaps into place, the sides and bottom will be glued together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_195246.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">One side removed before gluing to show how pieces are stacked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 658px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_202548.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Another side removed showing the stacking strategy. Note the two vertical bars in the middle that keep the stacks aligned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pattern on the top of the box is taken from the cutting pattern of the modular arms, so it subtly hints at what&#8217;s inside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The modular LED strip holders and a box for them were the results of a couple hours at Techshop this evening. Modular Cable Management Laser cutting the holders took about 27 minutes for the 88+ pieces. Then it took another 8 minutes because my wood was 24&#8243; wide rather than the 26&#8243; that I designed  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10,7,12],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-led-strip-handling","category-led-strips","category-physical-elements","category-power-distribution","tag-laser-cut"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170216_183737.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8pDaO-3n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/1000leds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}