(14) 8 and 3/4"[W] X 6"[L] X 1/4"[thickness] SS plates
(36) 1/2" X 1/2" X 6 and 1/2" SS bar stock (tapped on the bottom to attach to the...
(1) 8 and 3/4" X 8 and 3/4 x 1/4" SS base plate (so you only have to run one wire to energize all of the 1/2" X 1/2" bars.)
(49) 1/4" X 1/4" X 1/2" non-conductive standoffs (to separate the plates from the bars at the bottom)
starting 1/2" in from the end of each plate make a 1/4" X 3" slot, skip an inch, make another slot... until each of the 14 plates has 7 slots. 7 plates right side up should slide into the other 7 plates upside down until you have an exact structure like your drawing file. Tap a hole somewhere on the periphery for a bolt that can lead to the outside of your housing for power. keeping the grid together might be easily accomplished with a tight fit and some conductive adhesive (it works great for oddball fixture creation on an EDM machine, so why not in a cell?) you can probably use superglue to affix the standoffs at each 1/4" X 1/4" plate intersection on the bottom
tap 36 holes in the base plate so you have a 6X6 grid of 1" spaced holes centered on the base plate. tap one more hole at the edge of the base plate for your other power wire. Bolt on the bars and mount in the enclosure... glue up the bottoms of the standoffs and insert the grid part. Get bolts to the outside of the enclosure for power.
interior dimensions of housing (INTERIOR) to 8 and 3/4" X 8 and 3/4" by 9" and everything should fit perfectly (leaves room above the plates).
just thinking out loud, cool drawing!Statistics: Posted by hypersoniq — Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:33 pm
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