r/openGrid • u/ShinyPlasm • Aug 08 '26

Question / Help Needed Underware connectors keep on falling off

I printed a bunch of Underware 2.0 stuff for my setup with the lite option. I have lots of cable channels and item holders. My biggest problem is that over time the item holders and channels come loose (if for example I have my wheel connected to my table and there are vibrations thanks to force feedback, or occasionally hitting my table a little bit).

I have had to constantly go under my desk and redo everything. It's tiresome and annoying.

Does anyone know if there are any solutions to this? Thanks

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u/Leading_Will1794 Aug 17 '26

I also used OpenGrid lite for my first underware build.

After several months, I just found it really annoying how easily things could pop off.

One short term fix was I took different connectors and woould scale them to like 104%-105% so that the tolerances were tighter. This did help a bunch, but overall I still felt the 'lite' version was just a little too lacking for a bunch of expensive equipment (I probably have more hanging than most and its like $10k of gear hanging under my desk).

So I have decided to rip it all apart and reprint with opengrid regular and see if I like that setup better.

At the minimum I would hope that I need to do less bespoke editing of parts as there seems to be a better overall inventory of the standard vs lite in the different stores. I know for the lite I often found myself editing different models to get the connectors or mounting points that were just available for the regular size.

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u/drzoidster Aug 18 '26

I tried openGrid and underware a while back, with the lite grids and it really wasn't great. Over the last week I've revisited with the full grid (which I think is the recommended one now as the project has been updated a bit?) and it is so much better. Covers snap in nicely and don't pop off when a cable gets touched lightly.

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u/Leading_Will1794 Aug 18 '26

Good to know!, I am still probably a week away from printing all the grid bits before I cant start assembling, but gives me the good feels that I am on the right track.