Desk Cable Guide Clip 02

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Our original cable guide (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4618230) failed because our workspace gets warm enough, and we had enough cables, that the hot glue failed. We needed a new cable guide. Our new cable guide adds an 11/64" screw hole (chamfered) in the base and puts a hole through the bottom of the hook large enough for a screwdriver. We thickened the base (3/8" from 1/4"), increased the hook fillet for strength, and made it taller (3/4" up from 1/2"). Along the way we made the base a bit shorter (1 3/4" from 2") although the hook is curved so the _overall_ footprint is greater, it's under 2". It's also less "pointy" so it'll hold more cableage. The cable opening "slot" is around 1/4" but is flexible enough to allow shoving larger cables in. We've been using 1" #6 screws with a coarse thread (like a drywall screw so we don't have to drill a pilot hole in the target) and it appears plenty sturdy, even in particle board, but we thought that last time, too. It seems pretty solid so far. The choice of a single screw mount... we're not sure about that: our current usecase has them flushed against a crosswise support piece so they can't rotate anyway. We printed these at a 15%, cubic infill and it's pretty sturdy. The main picture shows three power strips (and two random cables) being supported by a single hook, which causes ~2mm of deflection. IRL we have five of these across the back so we don't anticipate any load problems. Over-engineering, anyone? The current design lacks a chamfer around the edges (we forgot) but we'll update this.