You start off with a BRILLIANT idea"twin fuses"
...& even suggest: "make your own two fuse holder from scratch as per your needs (to match your fuses)"
I'm thinkin', kool now we're gettin' somewhere
So, I ask, what do you have in mind?
Your response: "IDK what you want me to explain really..."
Uh, how about the vague suggestion you just made
as I said, I never saw or heard of a dual fuse holder
Then, you go into a "picture this" type description, with out any pictures, diagrams or anything (which you dislike)
& then end with
"If I find a piece of tubing somewhere I can mock one up if you like or sketch it out (but frankly I cannot imagine why you would need that really)"
*I'm NOT asking you to hold my hand thru the whole build
I just didn't understand what you had in mind
Yes, I walked away from the computer SMH (shakin' my head)
*I AM NOT LOOKING TO SPAR WITH YOU
I tell my wife about the great ideas "my friend" Sid helps me with ALL the time
Some... no, most times your SUPER helpful
...other times well lets just say, you seem kinda moody (maybe a German thing IDK)
I just wanted to let you know how I felt
moody.. may be.. may very well be
but this is more a comprehensive issue...
I just didn't understand that you were asking for a sketch or alike.
I tend to write obnoxiously long posts, especially when I have the feeling whoever I'm responding to could use as much details as possible (for whatever reason
)that "but frankly I cannot imagine why you would need that really"
I said because I'm rather confident you do not fall in most of those "use cases"
you know your stuff pretty well, you know how to help yourself most of the time; and so I keep my responses shorter
But you asked for it.. so here we go:
I couldn't find any tubing that fits my bill;
and frankly my trusted vector graphics tool left me without proper coloring/shading; so hand drawn black and white .. sorry.. it's a sketch
I tried to explain how I'd go for that earlier,
so I reuse some of that and just add a picture
grid is 5 by 5 mm and only a "rough" guide
- cut a single slot half an inch long in one end
now thinking of it, a relief cut might make it easier to clamp the wire afterwards... in any case a hose clamp (or similar) should be able to fix the wire to said tube
- cut two slots starting ~ 1/4" (or 5/8") above the first all the way through
- flatten the tube in your bench vise so you end up with two strips
use a 5mm OD rod inserted into the tube to prevent the tube from collapsing on the lower part.
- fold the flat strips over to create just enough room for the fuse lugs to fit
- tighten the fold onto the lugs (vise) and use the overhang to create some tabs in a 90° angle
- make second identical part and testfit the two fuses.
- you can file and grind the parts for a nicer shape
use those tabs to fix the two halves in a wooden block (with matching cutouts of course)
then fix everything in place with hotglue (or epoxy if you like)
'sid
