Best cable chain ever. MAYBE.

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My cable chains used to be a real pain. Not anymore. I needed ones that could handle two water hoses for the water-cooled spindle. I couldn't find any online, so I made my own. They're super stiff and they really print fast with no wasted filament on supports or adhesion. These ones aren't designed for low turn radius. I learned the hard way by annihilating all my cables with my low turn radius cable chains. These are meant to be moving all day long. Low turn radius are best used on drawers or stuff (I think I didn't publish my low turn radius design... sorry). They have a little chamfer on the touching sides so you don't "open them to death." If you force them, the walls are supposed to lock and twist inward, not outward. Check out the top view photo. If you can't see this effect when assembling this, get a file and file a bit that chamfer. Then I scaled up the large one and created the small ones. Naming is "cable chain YYxYYmm." The first number is width, and the second one is length. They all print and work well with a 0.6mm width nozzle on 0.4 height layers. That's how they're designed to be printed. Other sizes... your mileage may vary. The large ones might be printable with 1.2mm nozzles, but I haven't tried. Details: 18x26: 18mm width, 26mm length. Turn diameter is 65-70mm. Usable space is 11x11mm. 26x39: 26mm width, 39mm length. Turn diameter is 96-105mm. Usable space is 17x17mm. 35x52: 35mm width, 52mm length. Turn diameter is 130-140mm. Usable space is 22x22mm. 44x65: 44mm width, 65mm length. Turn diameter is 160-170mm. Usable space is 27x27mm. As always, the 3D model is at https://a360.co/2BZEc0S