Customizable Cable Tie
Description
A Cable Tie that works and can do the heavy lifting ! Can be customized for various purposes including a hole for a Screw and a Release Tab.
Instructions
Recommended materials to print with, ABS and Taulman3D 618 Nylon.
ABS: Should be considered "Single Careful Use", i.e. clamp large items where the bend of the cable tie does not exceed the strength of the material.
618 Nylon: Is the best choice of material, and has similar performance to commercially made cable ties, as they are also made from Nylon. Maximum length cable tie prints well on a Rep 1 with 3M Blue Masking Tape on top of Kapton @ 120mm/s, 240C / 55C with zero warping / lifting.
PLA: Will work, but only for light things as it's fairly brittle.
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i gotta upgrade so i can use nylon. i printed with abs and it worked, but just like in the description, it didn't handle any force. what a great idea to make printable zip-ties. thanks.
Also, did you print with those settings using MakerWare or RepG? Since it's jetty, I'm assuming RepG but just wanted to make sure :)
Has anyone tried printing these using the 618 Nylon filament on a Rep 2? I am very anxious to try it out on my Rep 2, but would love to know if someone else has tried it already :)
Ha! Now, those home made Printrbots that use a rat's nest of wires and cable ties can increase the 3d printed parts count!
Nice! Its always encouraging to see people designing things that can actually be useful. Its always frustrating to make a trip to the hardware store when you realize you're short a zip tie or two.
I had read that nylon really doesn't do well on the blue masking tape and have been holding off on using mine until I get around to ordering a Garolite plate.
Do you think you get zero warping/lifting with nylon because the part is small in the z-direction or do you always use nylon with blue masking tape? Also, build plate at room temp or heated?
Nylon generally doesn't do too well on 3M Blue Tape, but for small parts it will work. This works on it primarily because the tape part is long and thin. The head of the tie will also stick at the default sizes. However if you customize it to a really wide head, then you'll need garolite or nylatron for the head (the tape part will still stick). You'll get 2 prints of out of the blue tape as it's actually the wax in the blue tape it sticks to. I put my blue tape directly on the Kapton, and used 55C for the HBP temp.
is there any legal issue here? thought the cable tie design patent still in effect.
>tbuser on 9:09 pm said:
>Is that Replicator hanging inside what I think it's hanging inside?
Looks like a jail :-), it's gym. More to the point, it's being held up by the cable ties in this thing. 3 cables ties, one around the replicator and 2 more in a chain, so it's the all weight is being held by a single cable tie (i.e. not shared between the 3)
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Grrr... I can't get this to print correctly. My last remaining problem right now is that the latch is getting fused with the rest of the head and doesn't work (or even move). It is fused enough that I can't just cut it free with a razor blade. I'm using a Rep2, RepG, 240-248C, suggested print settings, varied filament diameter from 1.76 to 1.81 mm (1.77 seems to be the optimal setting), and I am printing Cable_Tie1.stl. Oh, and I am printing on plywood covered in diluted wood glue-- seems to stick good. Ideas?
What material? Have you tuned deprime?