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Simple Drag Chain
by fhofmann
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This is a drag chain designed to be as 3d printable as possible.
Looking at all those 3d printable drag chains I found that most of them merely copy existing commercial designs. I tried to mitigate that by using as little material as possible and adhering to restrictions imposed by 0.4 mm nozzles.
Cables are either clipped in or fed through from the end, but should be restricted in the chain elements. The cables kind of form a integral part of the chain, giving it more stability.
One element takes about 6 minutes to print on my conservative profile (60 mm/s, 10 mm/s first layer).
Depending on how much you trust your bed adhesion you should try these things in order:
1. print the *sans flap* version and if this works you are better than I am.
2. print the "normal" version which works great for me, just clip of the flap.
3. print with a brim and spend some time to carefully clean up the area where the elements overlay.
The "pins" have a relative big overhang, but I ha
Looking at all those 3d printable drag chains I found that most of them merely copy existing commercial designs. I tried to mitigate that by using as little material as possible and adhering to restrictions imposed by 0.4 mm nozzles.
Cables are either clipped in or fed through from the end, but should be restricted in the chain elements. The cables kind of form a integral part of the chain, giving it more stability.
One element takes about 6 minutes to print on my conservative profile (60 mm/s, 10 mm/s first layer).
Depending on how much you trust your bed adhesion you should try these things in order:
1. print the *sans flap* version and if this works you are better than I am.
2. print the "normal" version which works great for me, just clip of the flap.
3. print with a brim and spend some time to carefully clean up the area where the elements overlay.
The "pins" have a relative big overhang, but I ha
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