Heat Bed Strain Relief Connector Housing (JST VH 6)

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This is a remix of: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2428313 This JST VH 6 pin Connector housing was a real help to me for strain relief of the Y axis heated bed cables where they attach to the heat bed connector but I found that there was still strain where the connector joined to the bed so I extended the connector "nose" to reduce the load on the connector itself by having the connector grip the bed surface. I have this on 2 printers now, but curiously the connector is soldered to the bed in opposite orientation on each - so one printer has the release clip facing up (heated bed pins visible from below) - the other down (heated bed pins visible from above). This required designing 2 different connector halves to cater for both orientations. Both work and hold the connector firmly to the bed. If your heat bed has the JST VH6 connector pins visible from above (as with the clip shown in Green) use the Back Face STL and the JST Clip Down STL. Alternatively if your heat bed has the JST connector pins visible from below (as with the clip shown in Grey) use the Back Face STL and the JST Clip Up STL. Hope it helps someone out!