Print Bed Clips

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That's really a very simple thing, and I guess you can find dozens of other print bed clips, but I wanted to design some of my own. That actually was one of the very first designs I made, to improve my SmartrapCore. :) The goal was to have something that would keep the print bed glass plate in place, without the usual flaws of the good old paper clips, which 1) are a little big for their function, which means they present a risk of collision with the nozzle, and 2) have handles that are quite handy but might also grab wires while the printer works, which could cause major trouble. My print bed was made of an 8 mm wooden board with some aluminium adhesive, and a 20 x 20 cm mirror on top, 3 mm high. So my clips are designed to fit that height (look in the instructions, I've made several versions to fit different heights so you can get one to fit your needs) and keep the whole thing firmly together (the little teeth underneath are there to get a strong grip on the wood), while being not to wide and not to high, so they'll never get in the nozzle's way. And of course nothing spreads out of the bed surface, which means absolutely no possible trouble with the wires. The photographs were originally made to show my plate holder (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:815843), and when I thought I should also share my clips here, as modest and small as they are, I couldn't make photographs of them, because now I use a hot bed, which means of course I can't use PLA clips anymore. ;) Instructions I've made 6 versions suited for different plate thickness, from 10mm to 15mm. You can easily guess which one is the best for your installation, from the file name. Choose wisely! ;)