Handles for Sparrows picks

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These are two of my 3D handles, made especially for the Sparrows Monstrum picks (like Tron, Attila etc...), but they fit also the standard ones, which are a bit smaller on the handle. The designs are made as 2-part prints, printed in PLA, which have to be glued. I use UHU Plast Special (special plastic model glue), which works fine. You need additionally 2 setscrews in M4x3 to hold the pick in the handle. The advantage of these designs is, that you can exchange the pick whenever you want, or when you break a tip. Do not tighten the screws more than fingertight, or you will pry the halfes apart. The handles work very nice and especially the fish-shaped one lays very nice in the hand and gives good feedback. Set your printer to use breakaway support, as one half has a groove for the pick. After printing you clean the support material out with a cuter knife and a flat key file. This takes quite some time, but make sure the pick has enough room and slides easily (by holding the parts together with clamps or your fingers), before glueing the halfes together. If you have an M4 tap, use it to thread the setscrew holes before glueing and clean them up a bit. Makes inserting the screws easier. If you change the filament when the top layers start (at around 70%...it may depend), you can even print 2-colored ones :D. Have fun printing your handles :D.