DaveC wrote:
What's a straightforward method for attaching equipment to the bench so it
won't "walk" off? (This is my desire, so let's not discuss why or why not
please.)

I have 3/16 steel cable and ferrules for making lanyards. But how best to
attach the lanyard to, say, an HP 34401 bench DMM or Tek 2465? Not adverse to
drilling the case as long as there is strength to be had and can limit the
possibility of shorting.


Open the unit bottom, take a half-shell type pipe hanger, mark, drill
holes. Watch the debris and that the drill bit won't tear up anything.
Deburr carefully. Screw on with small short carriage bolts with the
threads towards the inside. Close unit and loop locking cable through there.

If concerned that they might take the lid off and undo the whole chebang
use hardware for highly non-standard wrenches or rivet in the
half-shell. They could still drill that out but if someone is this
determined they'd also cart away the whole lab bench, along with the
vending machine in the hallway and the ATM across the street.

Loops work as well but like hooks they only have a single fixation point
and thus can eventually twirl themselves loose.

As an added measure, if someone tugs on a unit and pulls the rope
taught, let a switch activate an MP3 player connected to a speaker that
plays this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1FvF69xV3k

Followed by the harmonica theme from "Once upon a Time in the West",
after which the thieves will probably come running out screaming :-)

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/