Printrbot Play USB FIXER

A problem I was having with my Printrbot Play is that I would get into a print, things would be smooth sailing and then suddenly everything would stop and I'd get a serial error. Turns out the only thing supporting the USB cable is the jack itself. A little too much vibration or a slight bump can break the connection between print server/workstation and the Play.

It looks like Printrbot may have addressed this with a new USB cable with a fatter end that fills the cutout in the Play's sheetmetal side. I had both cables (not realizing they were different) and not wanting to take any more chances, I switched to the fat one and designed this gizmo.

The USB cable fits snuggly (so snuggly that you may need to shave a little bit extra away with an exacto knife to get your cable end into it.

I used a glue gun to stick this to my machine and it works great.

One tip: because of the snug fit, you'll want to put the cable end into the USB FIXER and then glue the fixer to your bot.