Depending on price, it might be worthwhile venture.
Can someone post a close up image showing how a Detolf is assembled?
ANYTHING will be better than these U-bolt cable ties.
IMO, don't undertake this unless you are willing to find/acquire a Detolf cabinet yourself before you start any prototyping.
If you're open to considering alternate designs, I can make a quick drawing and send you what I think is a much better solution tomorrow.
Just touched this up based on something I drew up last year.
1. It doesn't protrude forward beyond the Detolf's own shelf support rails
2. It doesn't protrude inward beyond the Detolf's own shelf support rails
3. Commodity screw (philips, robertson or hex cap screw)
4. Aluminum or mild steel construction
5. Slight deflection produces significant clamping force
I can see quite a demand for these.
1. With as thin as it is at the 3 o clock and 12 o clock positions I can these being very easy to crack if made from aluminum and if you go with steel they will be pretty expensive and may still crack.
2. There isn't a lot of thread available in the outside arm.
3. The screw will have to be the perfect length so it does not stick out the other side as you tighten it, unless that doesn't bother people.
4. How would you get these onto the back rods?
Prototyping is very expensive, I don't normally do it for my projects and have had great success, but I would not want to have 1000 of these made like this without a test run.
I sure they could be but I'm not the type to have something made and hoe it sells.
The only way I would do this is it enough people signed up and pre-paid to cover the production costs.
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