AnkerMake M5 Cable Support and PEI Guides

Like many other AnkerMake M5 owners, I had the rubber band that supports the underbed cable fail.  I tried Mikes GGWP's printable support, but found that it took a decent amount of support and interfered with the spiggytech Accessory Bins that I had already installed.  So I took inspiration from Mikes GGWP's model and recreated the geometry so that it didn't require as much support and would comfortably clear my bins, while still providing a good alignment guide for the PEI sheets.

The PEI alignment guides are optional, and I can't confirm they will work with all bins, but they do well with the ones I have.

Settings

I recommend increasing the number of walls, especially for the PEI guides, but its not necessary to go to 100% infill unless you want to.

I printed the whole thing with PETG, and have not had any issues with heat deflection (*correction, I have after prolonged use, see below).  It may be possible to use PLA for the cable support, but I just printed the whole thing in one go.  The attached 3MF also adds debossed letters to both PEI guides.

Version History

• V1 - 16OCT24 - Initial Release.
• V2 - 18OCT24 - Added shortened version of the PEI guides.  I noticed that the print head just barely cleared the original design, and given variability machine-to-machine, it was too close for comfort.  The side tab heights are not changed.
• * Update - After running several other prints of PETG, I started to get heat deflection.  I may redesign at some point to add paperclip stiffeners, but until then, you may want to print the tabs using a more heat-resistant material.