Anet A6 (and A8) Glass Bed Clips (3mm glass)

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I was fed up of the warped aluminum hotbed of my printer so I went to a glass store and had a piece of 3mm glass cut to 220mm x 220mm, brought it home and cut the corners to allow access to the leveling screws. After using it for 24 hours with the paper clips to hold it down I realized that the pressure from the clips was preventing the glass from remaining perfectly flat so I searched for some clips, but did not find anything that fit the Anet A6 the way I wanted it to. When I found PodgyPie's clips (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1719319) I liked the design, but they were too big and did not work with the Anet A6 tighter tolerances (frame vs bed) so I made them fit, beveled the edges to allow the back left clip to miss the mainboard screws and reduced the thickness of the tops. I then decided to split the front left clip since homing the extruder would crash the fan duct into the clip. With the clip split in 2 for the home corner it allows you to position them out of the way. To note: I have found it more convenient to only use 1 front home clip on the front edge of the bed to avoid clip crash when homing the printer. I labelled the clips even though they are all the same other than the home clips, just because I could :-) If you have any comments or suggestions let me know. EDIT Jan. 12th, 2017 - I changed the settings to reflect use of support. Seems I missed that when I created the thing. EDIT JAN 13th, 2017 - I have refined and reduced the gap in the clips by 0.35mm and they are a tight fit, they hold well. The issue I have is the ones I printed are in PLA and when the bed heats up, after a few prints using the clips, they open up and become loose. So if you want these to last you will have to print them in ABS or something that has high heat tolerance. Print Settings Printer: Anet A6 Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: .2 Infill: Whatever makes you happy Notes: For support, be sure to use Lines at 20%. Used Cura. Post-Printing These clips are designed with tolerances of 100th of a millimeter. You need to be careful when you clean up the supports because if you take out more material than the support then you will reduce the clip's power to hold the glass. How I Designed This Made in Tinkercad