xyzPrinting Da Vinci 1.0 Pro Cable Chain Rear Mount

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I've experienced numerous issues with the Da Vinci 1.0 Pro extruder cable bundle getting caught on the corners and edges around the top of the printer. Lately, as the cable bundle itself has started to sag more, it is also getting into the belt and stepper motor area on the upper left side of the printer. I appreciate all the work that's gone into this link-chain cable management item. It will undoubtedly solve these problems. This mount is designed to anchor the chain assembly to the ring in the upper right back corner of the Da Vinci 1.0 Pro. Pass the threaded tube through from the back, use the simple nut on the inside first to secure the tube in place. Then put the nut with the attached link-half on next and attach the chain to the link portion in the same manner as the links in the chain connect to each other. Pass the extruder cable bundle through from the back of the printer, through the threaded tube and into the assembled chain. See photos from installation. It was a bit awkward trying to turn the threaded tube part in the tight spaces. I needed to back off the first nut and turn the threaded tube part to screw it into both nuts a few times until I could see the threads appear through the second nut with the link attached. At that point, I snugged down the first nut hand-tight. I was planning to keep the original plastic sleeve around the wires but it didn't fit very easily into the links with it on. I recall someone else posting they printed the links at 125% or so to fit. Now I can see why. I retained the sleeve at both ends, but figure the chain should protect the wires much better than the sleeve anyway. I would like a 'snap on' part at the other end to anchor the chain to the holes in the extruder holder with a chain link similarly attached for fastening the chain. We could probably also tailor a couple of links to use at each end that better accommodate the entry/exit of the wires. I would also like to incorporate a filament tube minder in some fashion. I saw that someone had made a loop add-on for that, and I may give it a try. Shout out to motocoder for their thing on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3024407 which I revised and scaled for the threaded tube and nuts.