Side panel for Monoprice Mini with cable routing

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Side panel for the Monoprice Select Mini (MPSM) printer (v1 or v2, also known as the Malyan M200) incorporates a bump-out on the rear for mandatory bed rewiring. This design is quite thin at 1.2mm and highly flexible, with the area around the micro SD card holder and USB port being even thinner to make the SD card easier to access. Removing the SD card becomes vastly easier due to the print's thinness and flexibility compared to the original steel side panel or other thicker designs. Background The idea has been done multiple times, making it difficult to determine which one was first. Instead of listing all sources and this as a remix, I chose not to do so due to Thingiverse's search function being somewhat confusing. Superbenk remodeled a design in Fusion 360 and shared it with me, but the recent changes in licensing and sharing made it impossible for me to print. I copied superbenk's base profile, made some minor adjustments, and redesigned the panel from scratch as the original design was relatively simple. The goal is to extract the grommet from under the print bed and use it in the bump out. Unfortunately, I sized the grommet too small, so I had to stuff it into the bump-out instead. Taking inspiration from my Prusa i3 Mk3, I ran printer bed cables along with a length of ABS filament inside a spiral cable wrap. Adding WileyKyoto's excellent MPSM wire brace resulted in a reliable external wiring for the bed heater cables. Printed in translucent PLA, the panel is thin and clear enough that you can almost read through it.