Fully 3D Printed Fractal Vise (Small) - slightly adapted

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Finally it was time to get a fractal vise but unfortunately the metal ones are hard to find and pretty expensive. When I saw the version of tomato18 (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4909196) I decided to give it a try. It's not really a remix as the majority of the crucial parts are exactly original...... To not waste filament in case it doesn't work I used up left over and rarely used colors to print the thing. I printed a longish base version. As the original long base barely fit my hotbed diagonally which caused adhesion problems at the front corner I shortened it by 15mm. Total print time exceeded 30h for all parts. I printed in PLA with 0.3mm layer height and 30% cubic infill with double line and adaptive layer heights. Base was printed with 10% infill. To clamp/hold it in my normal vise I added a block under the base plate. Only the modified base plate and the mounting block are attached here. They are connected with M4 screws and nuts. The handle wasn't up to my taste either which is why I designed a crude crank to do the job (STL attached too). The remaining parts please download from the original. I am pleasantly surprised how well these clamps work and how firmly they hold! It even held up the forces in my Mini-Mill which I didn't really expect. My new crank requires support and was printed like all the other parts with 0.3mm layer height, 30% cubic infill with double line and adaptive layer heights.