Are there internal issues with this?

Clam shell strain relief v1 rounding.skp (48.6 KB)
I want to 3D print a replacement strain relief.


Solid Inspector says everything is shiny but I wonder if the interior is solid. I think there are hollows inside, especially in the area of the block where the metal retaining clip goes.

I do remember when I pushed the tubes along the length of the block there seemed to be a barrier at the point of the clip recess. I selected the barrier and deleted it. It seemed work but I wonder if I caused hollows in the interior.

The area between the two holes is a problem which is why SketchUp doesn’t show the object as a solid. Solid Inspector 2 doesn’t identify it as a problem. This is know as a “bow tie”. There’s zero thickness where your two holes meet.

Get rid of the narrowest bit of the web and you should be fine.

How do you plan to get the cord through the strain relief?

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Shouldn’t it come as two halves that you snap together around the cord?

Yes. Unless one end of the cord isn’t terminated and can be passed through the strain relief.

My slicer program will split it horizontally along its length into a top and bottom section. It can also print alignment pins and holes for realignment after I lay the wires in the tubes and then glue the two halves together. That’s the theory any way.

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Good deal. If it’s typical 2-wire lamp cord you would need the gap as I show anyway. You don’t want to split the wire where it passes through to strain relief.


This shows the result of the slicer cutting my object in half and creating dowels and holes for realignment.

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