The plastic cord caddy/feet on my Tek 465 broke up with time. I machined some usable parts from a piece of aluminum bar stock, about 5cm in diameter, and split it into 4 quarters.

Good call. They were (are?) so common, I'da thought them easy to find. But, yeah, I guess they wouldn't be difficult to make, with the right tools and skill.

Though, that gives me an idea of maybe which thousand+ page catalogs might be worth skimming... hmm...

Tektronix 465 scopes call them "Foot, Cabinet with Cord Wrap" part number 348-0339-00.

Searching the Tek part number gives:

Somebody is 3D printing them and selling them on amazon, but currently out of stock: https://www.amazon.com/Tektronix-465-475-Cordwrap-Feet/dp/B07D71K1CY

https://www.n0dy.com/product/tektronix-cordwrap-feet/

The 3D printed ones look nicer than the ones I made out of aluminum too.

I'm sure your aluminum ones will weather better... Also, I think I misinterpreted earlier... You cut cylindrical stock like pie-slices into 4 quarter-cylinders? Clever

But, yeah, "cordwrap feet" (in quotes) returns many results... Finally! 

Thankya!

(Can't believe I didn't think to look up some device's service manual. Good thinking)

You're welcome.

Yes, I turned notches in the bar stock that are the width and depth of the cord, cut it to length off the bar, and then split it lengthwise into 4 quarter cylinders. Last, I drilled and counterbored holes for the mounting screws.

Glad that you got some results.

I have been working on test equipment lately, and the manuals for the older stuff were fantastic. It's probably why there is as much of it left around in usable condition now.

Agreed about fantastic manuals. Was just raving about them the other day. It's funny I know they exist, I've benefitted from them on many occasions, so even try to "invest" in such things as have such manuals... But yet, still, often forget how much of a great resource they can be, even for *other* products. E.G. our foot-finding experience. Or, e.g. a specific printer model's manual from the early 90's actually contains detailed information about timings, pinouts, etc. for their inkjet cartridge which is still manufactured today because so many printers (many whose service manuals seem nonexistent) use that same cartridge. Or a third case, recently, in trying to find a datasheet for a chip, which apparently was rare-enough not to have a datasheet online, but common-enough as to be mentioned in a parts-list in a service-manual from a similar device, its function listed, and shown in the schematic!

When "search" fails, (like this feet example) it takes a certain mindset to know to look for, where to look for, and how to use such resources like this. I think you not only found the feet, but also, along with @Darrin B , taught me another great "trick of the trade" I can use in the future. Thanks, both!

Nice job on those aluminum feet, BTW. The 3D-printed ABS ones I've since come across are surprisingly affordable, and my particular use-case not of the greatest importance (it didn't originally have such feet, I just thought they'd be useful), so I think they'll do, here. But, despite the insistence ABS is durable, I just can't quite visualize its beating aluminum for longevity. "Good on ye" for the effort in keeping this equipment around!

The manual for my almost antique analog o-scope calls them "cord caddy".

You rock! And, that's kinda funny.

Thanks for taking the time to report these findings, maybe the search rabbithole will lead to something, now.