3D Printed Zip Tie Station: Store, Sort and Snip Cable Ties at the Bench

A bright home workshop scene on a light oak workbench

Introduction Cable ties come in bags of a hundred, and that is exactly the problem. The bag splits, ties slide into a drawer in a tangled raft, and when you need one tie of one particular length you end up fishing through all of them — usually while holding a cable bundle together with your … Read more

3D Printed Cable and Cord Winders for a Tangle-Free Workshop (storage/organizing only)

A tidy workshop pegboard with several matte gray and orange 3D printed cable winders hanging in a row

Introduction Every workshop has the drawer, box, or corner where cords go to tangle. An extension cord wraps itself around two tool cables, a charger lead hides underneath, and untangling the mess takes longer than the job you needed the cord for in the first place. 3D printed cable and cord winders fix that problem … Read more

Solar Cable Organizer: 3D Print Spools and Clips to Tame Portable Solar Cables (organizing only)

A sunny garden workbench with a matte black 3D printed cable winder holding a neatly coiled red-and-black solar extension cable

Introduction Portable solar setups live or die on their cables. A folding panel comes with five or ten meters of cable that behaves like it has plans of its own: it tangles in the crate, kinks around the panel’s frame, and unspools itself across the boot of the car. A printed cable organizer — a … Read more