Ethernet cable hole plugs

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This includes two models: one to finish off a drilled hole in your house's pristine walls for routing Ethernet cables, and the other to cover up a hole you've accidentally drilled in your otherwise perfect walls. Both are designed to fit a hole made by a 3/4" spade bit in drywall, which seems like a good minimum size for pushing an RJ45 plug through a wall with enough room to move. If you're running bare cables and crimping on plugs later like a pro, you can get away with a much smaller hole, so these won't work. Drill a 1/4" hole first because it causes less damage, and you can insert an inspection camera to find out that this wall is filled with loose stone and wire mesh while the hole is still small enough to spackle conveniently. For the cable plug, print two parts, place them around the cable, and push into the wall as shown. I considered gluing the halves together or gluing them onto the wall but so far they've stayed in place, so I'll move on to more interesting projects. For the simple hole cap, just print it, shove it into place, and pretend it never happened. Source is available at Tinkercad.