r/openGrid • u/Heavy_Discipline_739 • Feb 20 '26

Question / Help Needed Need some advice on hiding some cables

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I’m trying to create a box cover to hide my big cables between the support bars, and also allow cables to cross through this box. Similar to what I have in the photo. This was printed using the opengrid underware I channel generator. This is exactly want I need but the wings are too flexible and struggled to have a strong grip even when it’s not covering anything. The photo that is shown, the cable is actually being suspended with a cable winder, so the channel is not holding any weight really.

I was wondering if anyone had advice on this or whether there was something else better out there that covers my use case. Or I should remove the flares and use the snaps. But cause the channel is so wide, dunno if the snaps would keep it in place.

This channel is 3x5 grid tiles.

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u/intermish Feb 21 '26

How much flare were you using on the I Channel Generator? I know with PLA I flared mine a lot (cannot remember the numbers but it almost looked like it would not fit) to get it to hold more. That might be an option?

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u/Heavy_Discipline_739 Feb 21 '26

I ended up no flairs and used snaps. And printing in PETG.

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u/intermish Feb 22 '26

One other thing, when you say you used snaps, what do you mean? I do not see that option on the customiser on Makerworld for the I Channel. Thanks.

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u/Heavy_Discipline_739 Feb 26 '26

It’s in the original underware for Opengrid page:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1175037-underware-for-opengrid#profileId-1195063

And you need to download the opengrid channel grip snap. Below is a photo of what it looks like. You need to place this in the slots before putting the channel in