José Moreira

3D printing a cable organiser, three failures later

Warping, a snapped clip and a spaghetti monster before the fourth print finally worked.

A cable organiser is about the simplest useful thing you can print. It still took four attempts on the Ender-3.

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Attempt 1: warped corners
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Attempt 2: snapped clip
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Attempt 3: spaghetti
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Attempt 4: finally
Print time per attempt (min)Print time per attempt (min)0m26m52m78m105mPlanned · #1: 95mActual · #1: 95m#1Planned · #2: 95mActual · #2: 62m#2Planned · #3: 80mActual · #3: 34m#3Planned · #4: 80mActual · #4: 82m#4PlannedActual
Attempt 3 ended early, in the bad way.

What fixed it

  • Brim on, 8 mm.
  • Clip wall thickness from 1.2 mm to 2 mm.
  • Re-levelled the bed. Then re-levelled it again.
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Installed under the desk