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OpenSCAD source code: USB Cable clip for LED bandsaw light
// LED Cable Clips
// Ed Nisley - KE4ZNU - October 2014
// February 2017 - adapted for USB cables
Layout = "Show"; // Show Build
//- Extrusion parameters must match reality!
ThreadThick = 0.25;
ThreadWidth = 0.40;
HoleWindage = 0.2; // extra clearance
Protrusion = 0.1; // make holes end cleanly
function IntegerMultiple(Size,Unit) = Unit * ceil(Size / Unit);
//----------------------
// Dimensions
Base = [15.0,15.0,6*ThreadThick]; // base over sticky square
CableOD = 3.8;
BendRadius = 5.0;
CornerRadius = Base[0]/5;
CornerSides = 4*4;
NumSides = 6*3;
//-- Oval clip with central passage
module OvalPass() {
intersection() {
hull()
for (i=[-1,1], j=[-1,1])
translate([i*(Base[0]/2 - CornerRadius),j*(Base[1]/2 - CornerRadius),0])
rotate(180/CornerSides)
cylinder(r=CornerRadius,h=Base[2] + 1.00*CableOD,$fn=CornerSides,center=false);
union() {
translate([0,0,Base[2]/2]) // oversize mount base
scale([2,2,1])
cube(Base,center=true);
for (j=[-1,1]) // bending ovals
translate([0,j*(Base[1]/2 - 0.125*(Base[1] - CableOD)/2),(Base[2] - Protrusion)])
resize([Base[0]/0.75,0,0])
cylinder(d1=0.75*(Base[1]-CableOD),
d2=(Base[1]-CableOD)/cos(0*180/NumSides),
h=(CableOD + Protrusion),
center=false,$fn=NumSides);
}
}
if (Layout == "Show")
color("Red",0.3)
translate([0,0,Base[2] + CableOD/2])
rotate([0,90,0])
cylinder(d=CableOD,h=2*Base[0],center=true,$fn=48);
}
//----------------------
// Build it
OvalPass();
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ednisley commented Feb 5, 2017

More details on my blog at http://wp.me/poZKh-6u7

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