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What do you use to keep the cables out of the way? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Fribbtastic@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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I have an Ender 5 Plus with some upgrades ("Old" MicroSwiss Direct Drive, Exoslide XY, custom shroud) and I occasionally have the issue in which the Cables for the Print head as well as the Filament Feeding Tube interfere or get caught on something on the printer.

The most recent example was when I printed (or wanted to print) something and in the middle of the night I woke up and checked up on it and it had a layer shift. Turns out that the filament feeding tube got caught in the X belt of the exoslide and prevented it from moving properly.

I already printed some brackets for the cables on the backside to the print head but the tube is still fairly unstable and flopping over after some time. The same with the filament feeding tube, since they are delivered in a spiral they are fairly fixed in that position and while I could and now have oriented it into a position that it wouldn't get caught, I need a more permanent solution.

What I am looking for is something to keep the cables upright, maybe even some "boom arm" that has some clips on it that pull/hold the cables up but also not as tight so that it interferes with anything...

Here is an image of my Printer. which pretty much shows the issue.

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[–] SpecialPurpose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You might be interested in a cable cable chain like this:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5251511

I printed one for my Ender 3 v2, and it works flawlessly for mitigating the issues you described.

[–] EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

TL;DR No.

short version: No. Bad design.

longer version: Drag chains 101: defined bending radius, no overlapping cables, and strain relief on both ends. This design has none of those properties.

very long version: Read up on energy chains.

[–] pipe01@lemmy.pipe01.net 1 points 1 year ago

I was gonna print one of these chains, what would be a good design?

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