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Ethernet cable hole plugs
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This includes two models: one, to finish off a hole you've drilled in your house's otherwise pristine walls to route Ethernet cables through them, and the other, to finish off a hole that you drilled by mistake in your otherwise pristine walls.
Both are sized to fit a hole made by a 3/4" spade bit in drywall, which seems like a decent minimum size for pushing an RJ45 plug through a wall with enough room to move. If you're running bare cables and crimping on the plugs later like a professional, you can get by with a much smaller hole, so these won't be right.
(Pro tip: Drill a 1/4" hole first, because it does less damage, and you can insert a handy inspection camera and find out that this particular wall is filled with loose stone and wire mesh [nogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_nog) while the hole is still small enough to spackle conveniently.)
For the cable plug, print two, place them around the cable, and push into the wall, as pictured. I thought about gluing the
Both are sized to fit a hole made by a 3/4" spade bit in drywall, which seems like a decent minimum size for pushing an RJ45 plug through a wall with enough room to move. If you're running bare cables and crimping on the plugs later like a professional, you can get by with a much smaller hole, so these won't be right.
(Pro tip: Drill a 1/4" hole first, because it does less damage, and you can insert a handy inspection camera and find out that this particular wall is filled with loose stone and wire mesh [nogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_nog) while the hole is still small enough to spackle conveniently.)
For the cable plug, print two, place them around the cable, and push into the wall, as pictured. I thought about gluing the
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