Hi, I recently adopted two kittens who, during their teething period, nibbled and destroyed several cables I had. In order to avoid this I came up with a design to protect my cables.It consists of three files I 3d printed on my Snapmaker2 F350.The Solid shield for 3 USB wires (double hole) file takes a total of about 25 minutes to print with 4 grams and 1.21meters of filament.The Solid shield for 3 USB wires (one hole) file takes also a total of about 25 minutes to print with 4 grams and 1.21meters of filament.The Solid shield for 3 USB wires (link) file takes a total of about 4 minutes to print with 1 gram and 0.17meters of filament.I printed mine in PLA+ and it came out very nicely and somewhat flexible. If you want to experiment and have it, possibly more flexible, you might want to try printing with TPU.I printed the Solid shield for 3 USB wires (double hole) and the "Solid shield for 3 USB wires (onehole) models with no supports with an infill of 5%, brim of 5 lines and 1 millimeter of distance.I printed the Solid shield for 3 USB wires (link) with the same specifications but separately fron the other two.You can print it in TPU and probably make it even more flexible, if you succeed please let me know!
Assembly: I made the pivot points of the links a little longer so that you can heat them using a small welder and flatten them from the inside a little bit and avoid attaching them to the cylinder. The goal is to make the pivot points wider than the rest of the cylinder inside the hole of the main cylinder.To make things easier, heat one pivot point at a time before linking it to a second big cylinder.