Cane Clamp Holder

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This clamp holder is designed to address the short-time storage needs of people who use white canes. The clamp holds a cane and backpack and clamps to the edge of a table making it easy for storage and retrieval in public spaces like restaurants and classrooms. The clamp was designed as homework for [Future of Access Technology](https://make4all.org/portfolio/future-access-technology-2019/) class taught by Prof [Jennifer Mankoff](https://make4all.org) at the University of Washington. While this started as homework, this clamp is actively in use and has been of great convenience to one of the creators who is a white cane user. This clamp was co-created by [Venkatesh Potluri](https://venkateshpotluri.me) and [Jazz Ang](https://sg.linkedin.com/in/jazz-ang). ## Customization Users printing this would have to edit the code to create a clamp that fits their cane. You must edit the *cane_thickness* parameter. ## Post-printing One of the challenges we've faced was to make the clamp hold just the cane and not the backpack. We solved this by adding [these magnets](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FC8HDB1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to the bottom of the clamp that sits on the table and covered it with [this anti-slip rubber](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K7JFX6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)