Fiber Cable Management Spool

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These are cable management spool halves designed to support excess Fiber Optic cable when doing installs. Since Fiber Optic cable comes pre-terminated, it's often beneficial to order a bit longer cable than you need to prevent pulling short, especially in a home situation. This leaves a problem though, how to organize the excess fiber so that it doesn't bend too tight (and break) or just be a mess. There is some limited parameterization in the OpenSCAD files, allowing scaling of the spools. The STL is based on a 25mm bend radius (minimum suggested for OM4/OS2 is ~10mm, with 20 mm partitions. It also has 5 separate sections to allow multiple fiber cables to be wrapped without needing to double-wrap.