OpenLock Clip with 3mm Ball Magnets

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* update 2020-06-25 - based on some feedback I got, I made the opening for the ball magnets a little more wide and chamfered. This increases contact and thus connection strength. I *hated* Openlock (and Dragonlock for that matter ) Tiles because of the locking system. I didn't want myself plucking tiles together at the table while my players are waiting. What I wanted was a simply drop-and-lock system. But I also wanted those cool tiles... Then Printable Scenery came with the magnet system with two 3x4 barrel magnets. I tried that and... fiddling with polarity and pushing and gluing the magnets in ... It was horrible ( To me. I bet it was a blast for everyone else ) . Then I found the single barrel magnet modification of the Printable Scenery one. That was better, but still problematic, as the magnet was still locked in place, and you still had to watch closely not to mix up polarities. Stil not what I wanted. *This is a modification of said barrel magnet clip * So I experimented with the barrel magents and found that they are not ideal for what this job needs. Ball Magnets would be far better suited for the task - if they could rotate freely and thus orient themself physically in the clip. A few hours in Blender and a number of testprints later I came up with the double 3mm Ball Magnet solution. Each Clip takes two 3mm BallMagnets - you can get those easily on ebay or amazon for a few bucks for a pack of 200 or so. Just press the magnets into the sockets. There they can slightly move and orient themselves as needed. To me this works as I need them, I hope you like them, too. One thing you should be aware of - **do not** paint or coat your tiles with these clips in them. This will make the ball magnets stick and they can not move freely anymore, thus rendering the clip unusable. You can learn more about OpenLock at: https://www.printablescenery.com/ If you have any suggestions or problems feel free to contact me here.