Cable Keystone Patch Box

A cable patchbox that uses standard wall-jack keystones for desk mounting. The original intent of this design was to connect PCs and peripherals to the patch boxes using short cables, and then route the cables with fixed wiring underneath the desk. That way you can reduce cable mess on your desk, as well as easily change out the PCs at various stations. Other uses are possible.

This work is (c) Jonathan Railsback

License CC BY-NC-SA

Repository with CAD files available at: https://github.com/jonbitzen/cable-keystone-patch-box

Patch Box Components

This repository includes the original FreeCAD components for the cable patch box system:

• cable-patchbox: the main part that accepts keystone jacks, and is mounted either to the underside or edge of your desk
• cable-patchbox-under-desk-mount: small bracket adapters which can be mounted to the square alignment lugs on the cable-patchbox to mount the patchbox underneath your desk
• patchbox-side-mount: bracket adapters that allow the patchbox to be attached to the edge of the desk, in a manner that allows access to the keystones from the desktop. note that the side mounts are left and right handed
• side-mount-screw: a printable screw to be used with the patchbox side mounts

Scalable Features

There is a spreadsheet in the "cable-patchbox" model with a parameter that will allow you to change the number of keystones. Note that at this time it is "delicate", and changing it more than once may cause the model to break. In that case be sure not to save the model, re-open it in FreeCAD, and try a different parameter for the number of keystones.