Flip Forward Game Boy (+Advance) Cartridge Holders - Uses 1.75mm filament for hinge pins

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This is a series of cartridge holders for Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridges. It consists of a pair of cartridge holding slots (slightly different iterations for Game Boy and Advance) that are designed to showcase the artwork on the front of the cartridge, and rails which hold various numbers of the cartridge slots. The slots are hinged at the bottom so they can be flipped forward to browse through the cartridges without removing any of them from the holder. The hinges are pinned with short segments of 1.75mm filament, although they are also reinforced from below with shoulders on the rails which support the cylinders on the bottom of the slots. The rail parts don't need support - or even really infill. The slot parts do require support, but I wasn't happy with the results of Cura's supports, no matter how I adjusted the settings, so I designed versions of the slots with built-in support - intended for a .2mm layer height and a .4mm nozzle with a ~.45 line width (probably not critical on that line width dimension). The slots are intended to be printed flat (rotation required in your slicer) because I found when printing them vertically, they were at risk of being knocked over during printing due to the small surface area. And since you're probably going to want to print many of these parts (probably many at the same time), printing flat is highly recommended. Unsupported slot parts are also supplied, so you can roll your own support if you'd prefer. There is a 1x5 version of the rails, a 1x10 version, a 2x10 version, and a 3x10 version for a whopping 30 cartridges of storage capacity! That's about as big as will fit on a normal ~200mm x ~200mm build plate. The only difference between the Game Boy rails and the Advance rails are the logo. They are otherwise interchangeable. There are also blank versions of the rails. The rails have holes in the bottom for 8.5mm x 2.5mm silicon anti-slip feet - as linked below. https://www.amazon.com/eBoot-Adhesive-Bumpers-Dampening-Cabinet/dp/B06XD47D79 If you somehow stumble on this, but don't have a 3D printer, I have some of these available for sale on my Etsy and I welcome custom order requests (custom colors, custom text, custom number of cartridge slots). https://www.etsy.com/shop/EsotericAvenue There's a video showing this item in action, with printing and assembly tips. https://youtu.be/1RNZr-Dw-Cw