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Zip Tie Clips

A loose cable gets snagged, kicked and tangled. These are the classic stick-on zip tie mounts, printed instead of bought: stick one down, run a tie through it, and the cable stays where you routed it. I printed a plate of 14 and put them to work under my desk and along the cable for the light on my desk hutch.

A white square clip stuck to a black panel, with a zip tie holding a flat white cable against it

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One 3MF with the tested PLA profile already set up, and the STL for bringing your own. One piece, 25.4 × 25.4 × 6.35 mm (1 × 1 × 1/4 in). Bring your own zip ties and double-sided foam mounting tape.

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The 3MF is the faster path — open it, add as many copies as you need, and slice. A full print & install guide is attached to the Creality listing.

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Print & Install Guide

The same guide attached to the model listings, hosted here so you can read it before you print — PDF · 4 pages · 1,200 KB

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What Makes It Work

Stick It, Tie It, Trim It

Cut a square of double-sided foam mounting tape about 1 in across and press it onto the base. Wipe the spot clean and dry, peel the liner and press the clip down firmly. Thread a zip tie through the tunnel, around the cable, pull it snug and trim the tail flush.

A white clip held in two fingers, showing the raised hub and the tie tunnel under it
Four-Way Tie Tunnel
A bridged hub in the middle leaves a tunnel in both directions, so the tie runs whichever way the cable goes. The slot is 5.5 mm wide, so common 4.8 mm (3/16 in) ties and anything narrower fit.
Fingers pressing a square of black foam tape onto the flat underside of a clip
Flat 1-Inch Base
The square bottom takes a square of double-sided foam mounting tape, so a clip goes anywhere you can stick it.
Power cords coiled and hung from a clip under a desktop, the floor below clear
Cords Off the Floor
Stick one to the underside of a desk and hang the slack of a cord from it. The coil comes up off the floor and the power strip stays clear.
Fourteen white clips printed together on a black build plate
Cheap to Make
About 20 minutes and under 2 g of filament each, so print a whole plate and keep a stack on hand.

Print Settings

Slice It Right

These are the settings baked into the 3MF, sliced with a 0.4 mm nozzle. Open it in any slicer that reads 3MF projects and it is ready to go. The 3MF has one clip on the plate — add copies in your slicer to print a batch.

One clip, 19 m 55 s and 1.89 g — 0.63 m of filament, about $0.06 in material, no filament swaps.

Supports
None
Layer Height
0.08 mm
Walls
3
Top / Bottom
5 / 5
Infill
15% Gyroid
Brim
Optional
Material
PLA · 207 °C / 60 °C
Tie Width
Up to 4.8 mm
Slice data: one clip in PLA, 19 m 55 s and 1.89 g, 0.08 mm layers, no supports

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