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Anti-snag cable guide for Printrbot Play by TychoSchenkeveld
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 3 months ago
Got my Printrbot Play today and it worked brilliantly, except the cable to the print head kept snagging on the printbed. It gets caught behind it, stopping the bed moving back (or snapping loose with a lot of force). I was worried about it breaking the motor or belt.
I designed this to clip on the Z-motor and secure it with a tie wrap, the cable itself is redirected up and sideways. The cable can be secured with 2 smaller tie wraps.
Please note it was a really quick 15-minute so there are some rough edges. But it's a functional part so I didn't really care :) It prints well with grid support in Cura which is hard to remove afterwards. Didn't try it with lines support yet.
I just thought I'd put it on here in case anyone else has the same problem (maybe not all printers do)
This is an unapproved mod so try at your own risk!
I designed this to clip on the Z-motor and secure it with a tie wrap, the cable itself is redirected up and sideways. The cable can be secured with 2 smaller tie wraps.
Please note it was a really quick 15-minute so there are some rough edges. But it's a functional part so I didn't really care :) It prints well with grid support in Cura which is hard to remove afterwards. Didn't try it with lines support yet.
I just thought I'd put it on here in case anyone else has the same problem (maybe not all printers do)
This is an unapproved mod so try at your own risk!