I want to confirm what the name of this is, I know it doesn't seem like Arduino project guidance but I have no idea what it is called and it is for my Arduino project so I felt like this made sense.
I think it is called a "Closed Hook" right? I have an acrylic enclosure on my Arduino and I essentially want to use acrylic welding to attach something like this to the top of my acrylic case, but I've been googling "Acrylic hook" and "Acrylic closed loop" and I can't seem to find anything. All I want is a square piece of acrylic that has this type of closed hook on it but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone have any ideas or work around that may be able to help me? It needs to be able to have a plastic carabineer such as the one attached so at least that large of a loop.
Thank you for your advice on this. Or if anyone has any thoughts on a metal piece or something that I can securely fasten to my rectangle piece of acrylic that will work also.
I have an acrylic enclosure on my Arduino and I essentially want to use acrylic welding to attach something like this to the top of my acrylic case, but I've been googling "Acrylic hook" and "Acrylic closed loop" and I can't seem to find anything. All I want is a square piece of acrylic that has this type of closed hook on it but I can't seem to find it.
Using an EYE-BOLT as recommended by OldSteve is a very straightforward and simple process but you can screw it up by not using plastic drills (metal drills made for drilling acrylic). I have a complete set for building enclosures for high power equipment at work. Also, failure to use a thick enough square of acrylic on the inside can make the modification weak and the acrylic can crack when you lift it with eye bolt. I would recommend 1/2" thickness. Also large washers on the inside where the nut attaches the bolt to the plastic.
Great Idea xl97! I will ask the supplier. I did buy a couple small rods but not sure if I will be able to pull off a perfect U shape. Surely they can do it for me for a price. Thanks a ton, I need to think out of the box a bit more
I did buy a couple small rods but not sure if I will be able to pull off a perfect U shape.
If you bought an eye-bolt or a U-bolt, all you need is one or two holes to mount them. Where you thinking of trying to make you own U-bolts ? Why when you can buy them ?
raschemmel: but you can screw it up by not using plastic drills (metal drills made for drilling acrylic).
A sharp regular drill bit digs in to the acrylic to fast and will cause it to crack.
The trick is to use a dull drill bit and there will not be any cracking. and it saves having to spend $$$ on special drill bits.
My employer showed me that trick once when I forgot the toolbox containing the plastic drills.
We stopped at the hardware store and bought a drill bit and then he ran it into some concrete for a few seconds and I drilled some 50 holes without a crack. Have used that trick thousands of times since and have never had any cracking problems.
My employer showed me that trick once when I forgot the toolbox containing the plastic drills.
We stopped at the hardware store and bought a drill bit and then he ran it into some concrete for a few seconds and I drilled some 50 holes without a crack. Have used that trick thousands of times since and have never had any cracking problems.
Ok. That's thinking outside the box. You learn something new every day...
