Hot Bed Cable Retainer - Maker Select V2/Duplicator

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Hot Bed Cable management. I initially started way back when with a Thing that fit over the exposed edge of the back left corner of the frame to prevent the cable from catching when the bed moved. However, the cable still just flopped around, and I didn't really care for that arrangement. Then I printed up another Thing, a cable chain installed at the back of the hot bed, but I was not pleased with how that worked out either, as it would get moved/hit by the print cooling fan on large prints. So I came up with this solution. It's 2 parts: the Cable Holder and the Cable Loop. Firstly, I use an aftermarket GulfCoast Robotics 1-piece Y-plate for my Monoprice Maker Select V2. This Thing won't work on any other plate without modification. The Cable Holder simply press/slide fits in/onto the top of the Y-plate. The friction fit alone keeps it firmly in place. Then the Cable Loop friction slide-fits into it and over the hot bed cable to retain it. It doesn't so much clamp the cable: it just retains it, letting it flex a little, but far less than I was getting with my previous arrangement. I'm very pleased with how it came out and how it does what I intended it to do. There are STL, STEP, and SLDPRT included. If you would be so kind, please post your makes. Thank you!