Helical Cable Clip for 2020 Extrusions

Summary

Clean up your 3D printer's wiring with these sleek, support-free helical cable clips!

The clip itself is parametric (if very slow to compute) so it can be adapted for a variety of applications.

I designed these to bolt securely onto standard 2020 aluminum extrusions.

During the prototyping phase, I experimented with a few print-in-place / snap-in attachment methods for the extrusion. Ultimately, I didn't find any of them sturdy enough for my liking, so I designed this final version to bolt down using standard M5 hardware.

Compatibility

These were originally designed and tested on the Longer LK1 and Anet ET4 using V-slot extrusions, but they should work perfectly on standard T-slot extrusions as well. Since 2020 extrusion is the standard for many 3d printers, this should fit a massive variety of machines, including:

Creality: Ender 3 (Pro/V2/S1/Neo), Ender 5, CR-10 series

Artillery: Sidewinder X1/X2, Genius

Anycubic: Mega, Vyper, Kobra series

Sovol: SV01, SV06

Custom Builds: Voron (2020 parts), RatRig, custom CNCs, and laser engravers.

Hardware Required

1x M5 standard drop-in T-nut 1x M5x8 button-head screw

Print Settings

Supports: None! Layer Height: 0.3mm Infill: Optional, I did 15%.

Print upright

Tested On: Prusa i3 MK3 and MK3S (sliced with default 0.3mm settings).