Captive Customizeable Cable Holder

thingiverse

To create a cable holder sans wall, I drew inspiration from xifle's Customizable Cable Holder. The captive version I devised prints as one piece, featuring an inner barrel encased within an outer barrel that rotates. Simply place your cable in the inner barrel and twist to secure it firmly. This holder is also table-edge gripping, thanks to its tabs with small protrusions. Better yet, it's fully customizable via Thingiverse's customizer - my first foray into customization! The STL file accommodates a 5mm diameter cable (like most USB cables) and tables with a 19mm thickness, allowing for 0.5mm tolerance. Printing the holder on a Printrbot+ using PLA with a 0.35mm nozzle at slow speed resulted in a smooth mechanism that securely locks the barrel without it coming loose.