Greenhouse Shade Support Clips

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[halls]: http://www.hallsgreenhouses.co.uk/Halls_Forest_Green_Popular_8ft_x_6ft_Greenhouse_Green_Frame.htm "Halls Greenhouse" I love my greenhouse, but it has a problem in that it catches the sun virtually all day and in Summer it can get unbearably hot even with the door and both windows open. Shade netting is the answer but it's a problem to fix because of the aluminium frame. I've tried various ideas, the best of which was suction cups on the glass, these worked really well until things started getting hot and they fell off -Doh!. I ended up cutting some green net shade material into strips a little wider than the glass panes and threading them on net curtain wire attached to the apex of the roof, with another net curtain wire at the meeting of the "wall" and the "roof" to hook the net behind. Finally inserting some 15 mm copper pipe, capped at both ends and filled with lead flashing off-cuts slipped into a specially sewn pockets on the bottom of each piece to help it hang properly. This worked well but I needed something to hold the strips closed, and add a little more tension to prevent sagging, and, looking around the greenhouse, it needed to attach to the inside of the glazing rails using the "T" nut slot. ***Enter the 3D printer...*** This two part design provides a semi-permanent solution. A stud that locks into the rail by twisting in the same way that other items fit and provides a "spigot" that can be pushed through the shade netting and a cover, that snaps onto the spigot to hold the shade in place. As with the other items in my greenhouse, the prints used PLA and (so far) they appear to be standing up the the rigours of temperature and sunshine really well. If (when?) they finally give out I will probably reprint them in PETG. **NOTE:** This item was designed for a [Halls Greenhouse][halls], the stud may not fit as well in track made for other manufacturers.