Thingiverse

Big Tugger

by ScottyMakesStuff

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The Big Tugger is a cable strain relief gadget that has a number of uses but the main ones are by protecting sockets from being accidentally damaged or simply stopping a power cord from being accidentally ripped out when someone trips on a loose cable.

Note: I've improved my design and added it to a new thing here:-
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2452675

This short video explains it all;- https://youtu.be/sWLgZHM7_Ro

Twice now I’ve had my camera monitor fall off the hot shoe adapter. Once was after a bit of camera movement but the second was when I accidentally hooked the HDMI cable and yanked it off. I’m not too concerned about the monitor but both times it ripped out the micro HDMI plug on my Sony with some considerable force. Fortunately the HDMI socket on my camera handled the extreme handling without causing any permanent damage.

I tried Jerkstoppers but they were a pain to use... that's when I decided to build a better cable strain relief and I came up with my des

7inch HDMI LCD cable cables cable clip cable guide cable holder cable management cable saver cable strain relief electric wall sockets HDMI HDMI monitor hdmi mount jerk JERKER mains mains socket relief socket Sockets 7inch HDMI LCD cable cables cable clip cable guide cable holder cable management cable saver cable strain relief electric wall sockets HDMI HDMI monitor hdmi mount jerk JERKER mains mains socket relief socket Sockets 7inch HDMI LCD cable cables cable clip cable guide cable holder cable management cable saver cable strain relief electric wall sockets HDMI HDMI monitor hdmi mount jerk JERKER mains mains socket relief socket Sockets 7inch HDMI LCD cable cables cable clip cable guide cable holder cable management cable saver cable strain relief electric wall sockets HDMI HDMI monitor hdmi mount jerk JERKER mains mains socket relief socket Sockets

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Thingiverse

What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence

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